JOINING UP OF A FRENCH REGIMENT WITH 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]



  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
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    AYY 333/3

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