FRENCH BATTALION, 12 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BOU ARADA [Allocated Title]

Title: FRENCH BATTALION, 12 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BOU ARADA [Allocated Title]
Film Number: AYY 333/1
Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The camouflaged headquarters of a French battalion with the 6th Armoured Division, 12 kilometres south of Bou Arada, Tunisia.
Description: View of a valley near Bou Arada showing German occupied territory from the French positions. Woods on the hill occupied by the French. A message is prepared at HQ and attached to the leg of a pigeon. White rags tied to trees to indicate the direction to HQ through the thick trees and bushes. The camouflaged headquarters. French troops reading the new batch of Tunisian newspapers. A French colonial cavalryman attends his horse. In headquarters, camera pans across a table littered with documents to show Commandant Durix.
Featured Period: 1939-1945
Production Date: 1943-01-24
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Free French Army (regiment/service) British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bou Arada, 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: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
Notes:
Link to IWM Collections page:
AYY 333/1
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