FIRST ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA [Allocated Title]



  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Technical: the two parts of AYY 291/2 are held on the same reel as the two parts of AYY 291/1.
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    AYY 291/2-1

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