Title:A VISIT BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ANDERSON; GUN DRILL ON AN ENEMY GUN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 362/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The General Officer Commanding the First Army visits 40th Division at El Aroussa, Tunisia. Men being trained in the use of a German 2cm Flak Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Tank gun, captured in the attack on Steamroller Farm.
Description: Lieutenant-General Anderson and Brigadier N Russell, Commander of 40th Division seated in a jeep talking. Close ups of the two men. The General walks over to the Brigadier. The General with Brigadier Russell, the Brigadier's Aide de Camp Captain Samuelson of the Coldstream Guards and PSO Major Cloud of the US Army. Officers about to take up Action Stations on the captured gun. The gun in position. The gun reassembled for the next crew. Men preparing to take up positions. The limber is detached from the gun. The crew run to their stations. A Royal Artillery captain instructing the men. The men watching, including some French officers. The gun complete. The gun without limber. Back view of the gun and crew.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person)
British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, 40th Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Coldstream Guards (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
Keywords: El Aroussa, Tunisia (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
