AMMUNITION DUMPS LINING ROADS LEADING TO THE FRONT; TANKS BY THE ROADSIDE WAITING TO MOVE UP; TROOPS LANDING IN NORTH AFRICA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMMUNITION DUMPS LINING ROADS LEADING TO THE FRONT; TANKS BY THE ROADSIDE WAITING TO MOVE UP; TROOPS LANDING IN NORTH AFRICA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 296/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Ammunition and petrol dumps; tanks waiting in Tunisia.
  • Description: The road to Souk El Arba lined with ammunition boxes on the verges. One is labelled 1248 Cartridges. A large stock of anti-aircraft ammunition. A box with an English Ministry of Supply label. Signpost for "Suk El Khemis". Arabs ploughing. Petrol tins stacked by a petrol dump. An Arab driving cows among the petrol dumps. General Grant tanks in a field waiting to move into position.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 296/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-21
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Wilson, M (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Souk el Arba, Tunisia (geography) Souk el Khemis, Tunisia (geography) 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
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    AYY 296/2

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