EXERCISE - RIFLE BRIGADE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EXERCISE - RIFLE BRIGADE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 419/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Shots for cutting into the Tunisian Campaign film. An exercise by the 3-inch Mortar and Machine Gun Section of "D" Company, Rifle Brigade, Support Company, while resting after the battle of Bou Arada.
  • Description: Machine gun groups crossing the wadi. Number 2 section crossing the wadi. Placing the barrel on a gun. Close-ups of the gun firing. A mortar group descending from a Bren carrier to take up position. Close-up of mortars being assembled. A mortar being fired. Close-up of a mortar being extracted from its casing. The mortar group jumping from a carrier.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Elvin, A R N (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Bou Arada, Tunisia (geography) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 194 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 419/3

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