Title:JOINING UP OF A FRENCH REGIMENT WITH 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 333/3
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment Tunisian Tirailleurs under the command of Commandant Durix joins up with a division at Djebel Mansour under the command of Major-General C F Keightley.
Description: Captain Gerney, officer of the French Battalion, coming out of HQ with a carrier pigeon. Two officers set the pigeon off. A 75mm field gun with its crew. The gun crew in action. A gunnery officer giving an order. Men of the Artillery Battery having lunch.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
French, Henry (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
Free French Army, Tirailleurs Tunisiens, 4th Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Djebel Mansour, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)