ATTACK ON EL AROUSSA [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: ATTACK ON EL AROUSSA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 357/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A tank battle at El Aroussa, Tunisia.
  • Description: Armoured cars and Scout cars moving into position. A Catholic chaplain taking to an armoured car commander. Churchill tanks in position. 5.5 inch guns firing in a gully. Dead German soldiers on the side of the road. Burnt out German tanks after being attacked by Churchill tanks. Some tanks are still smoking. Close-up of a sign post for El Aroussa. A Churchill tank beneath the trees.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-02-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Day, Robert W C "Bob" (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Aroussa, 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: 366 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 357/1

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