Title:PREPARATION FOR COMBINED OPS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 485/3
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Men of the 51st Highland Regiment work at waterproofing vehicles prior to being loaded onto ships at Sousse as part of the preparations for the invasion of Sicily.
Description: A Sherman tank being loaded with shells. Trooper F Bilson (wearing a beret) from Leicester handing up shells to a shirtless Trooper W Clements from Derby. Trooper N Whittaker from Somerset taking shells from Trooper Clements. Trooper Clements fixes the waterproof cover to the turret of a tank. Trooper Whittaker removing the muzzle from a six pounder. Trooper A Butler from Tottenham in the turret receiving the ammunition.
50th Royal Tank Regiment vehicles with a tinsmith in the foreground and Honey tanks in the background and activity going on all around. Tinsmiths at work. Men waterproofing a Honey tank. Close up of a man waterproofing the lamp bracket of a Honey tank. Close up in a cab of a three ton vehicle of a man at work waterproofing. A Bren carrier being waterproofed. Carriers passing down a track. A man at work on a carrier spreading paste onto oilskin before pulling it on the vehicle. Men of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) at "Brentford" Camp.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
