TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN, 1ST ARMY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN, 1ST ARMY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 299/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A raid by the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards at Medjez El Bab, Tunisia.
  • Description: Bombs on Grenadiers' positions. The Guardsmen waiting to move forwards. Moving up under bad conditions. An ammunition truck skidding in mud while trying to advance. Grenadiers creeping forwards to wipe out an enemy patrol. German prisoners being run in by Guardsmen, under fire from German lines. Frightened and wounded prisoners. RAF men offer water to them. Dead German soldiers.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 299/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Day, Robert W C "Bob" (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, 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: 262 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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