SERGEANT WILSON WITH NO. 1 COMMANDOS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SERGEANT WILSON WITH NO. 1 COMMANDOS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 298-3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A film made about Sergeant Wilson of the Army Film and Photographic Unit after his recommendation for decoration.
  • Description: Sergeant Wilson of the AFPU at Beja with friends from the No. 1 Commandos with whom he went into action near Bizerte on 30 November. The men are (from let to right) Sergeants Bradley, Wilson, Jones and Matthias.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 298-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Weber, V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service) British Army, No.1 Commando (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Béja, 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: 100 ft (ca); Running time: 1 min
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