Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 1st Airborne Division recreating scenes for use in the Pinewood 51 Production near Kairouan.
Description: Preparing a 3 inch mortar position and lighting the fuse of a buried charge. Men awaiting the explosion. Digging out soil from the hole after the explosion. Placing the mortar and base plate into position. Placing the bipod in position. Firing a ranging round. Re-erecting the mortar to obtain a fresh arc of fire. No. 3 on the mortar preparing the bombs. Panning shot of a bomb being passed from No. 3 to No. 2 to No. 1. A bomb placed in a barrel does not fire. Unloading the misfired bomb. Two single ranging shots being fired. Firing of a three-round ground at normal speed and then rapidly. Panning shot of an ammunition dump burning with a large RAF wireless trailer caught by the flames. Various shots of the burning dump.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
