Title:FIRST ARMY IN NORTH WEST AFRICA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 320/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Supplies and tanks of the 6th Armoured Division moving forwards to the battle area near Bou Arada, Tunisia for a counter-attack. The 17th/21st Lancers. Number 3 Company, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards after a rapid patrol into enemy lines at Heidous to capture prisoners.
Description: 18 January. A British tank leading supply and ammunition trucks up to the front. The convoy moving up. Valentine and Crusader tanks moving up to El Aroussa.
10 January. A German prisoner is led away by Intelligence Officer Lieutenant Nicholson (son of Harold Nicolson, MP) and two Guardsmen, looking cheerful. Focus tests made on the De Vry camera with a new lens.
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: Nicolson, Lionel Benedict (person)
British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, 17th/21st Lancers (regiment/service)
British Army, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bou Arada, Tunisia (geography)
Heidous, Tunisia (geography)
El Aroussa, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
