AN OBSERVATION POST ON THE MARETH LINE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AN OBSERVATION POST ON THE MARETH LINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 379/2/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A former hotel, the tower of which was used by the Germans as an observation post.
  • Description: The walls of the tower damaged by shellfire. Brigadier Elliot, Commander Royal Artillery, 51st (Highland) Division in the foreground. Tanks with the crest of the 23rd Armoured Brigade; crews taking a rest in Gabès. Men of the Black Watch washing and shaving by a tank.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 379/2/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Taylor, A A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 23rd Armoured Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, 51st Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Gabès, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) 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: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
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