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Object description
The 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2nd Lothian Border Horse Regiment and tanks and Royal Engineers on an exercise on consecutive days at Sakiet Sidi Youssef, Tunisia.
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30 March. Close-up of Trooper N Patterson disappearing into the turret of a Sherman tank and closing the hatch. A Sherman tank moving forwards with explosions in the foreground. Tank commander Lieutenant Thompson giving instructions over the intercom. Close-up of the breech of a 75mm gun in the turret being loaded with shell and cartridge. Close-up of the gun layer at work. Lance-Corporal Hildreth in the turret.
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31 March. Close-up of Coldstream Guards running to and firing from a hillock. Bren gunners in action. Close-up of Guardsman Snide. Guards jumping into a wadi. Grenade throwers throwing bombs. Close-up of Sergeant Jones checking the time and signalling the advance. Close-ups of grenades being taken from pouches, cartridges being loaded into magazines and the fixing of a bayonet.
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1 April. Royal Engineers divining mines and blowing a gap in a minefield under cover of smoke. Close-up of a Polish mine detector in action. Corporal N H Smith tying and preparing a mine for a "yanking" test. Tanks advancing through smoke and shellfire. Tanks and a smokescreen. Tank tracks approaching the camera.
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35mm
