Title:FIRST ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 291/2-1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops of the First Army in Tunisia.
Description: Six American Boston aircraft returning from a strafing raid on enemy lines in the Tebourba area. Lieutenant Ponsonby of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards with his platoon sergeant, studying German positions. A Sherman tank is visible in the background. German positions are visible in the wood 2500 yards away. A British Bren gunner with his binoculars studying the road ahead along which an Allied Armoured patrol is returning from a reconnaissance raid. American M3 tanks returning from patrol on the Tebourba-Medjez El Bab road. Conference of officers of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards with Lieutenant-Colonel W Stewart-Brown talking. A rangefinder.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
West, J A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tebourba, Tunisia (geography)
Medjez el Bab, Tunisia (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
