INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MARETH LINE
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 383).
Synopsis
Indian sappers and miners clearing a pass in the mountains south west of the Mareth Line for the advance of the Fourth Indian Division. Cave dwellers in the Matmata mountains.
The pass in the distance with sappers blasting a gap in the foreground. Indian soldiers talking to Troglodytes near one of their caves. Women drawing water from a well. Division transport passing through the village of Beni Zeltene, thirty miles west of Gabs. The Eighth Army moving forwards through Gabs.
Titles
- INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MARETH LINE (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1943
- Running Time:
- 5 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 481 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Ingram, G E (Captain)
- Production company
- War Office Film Unit