GUNS IN TUNISIA; TELEPHONE WIRES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GUNS IN TUNISIA; TELEPHONE WIRES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 370/2/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Guns firing in Tunisia. Men of the 4th Squadron, 6th Armoured Division, Royal Corps of Signals laying telephone wires.
  • Description: Close-up of a 75mm gun firing, showing part of the turret on a German tank. A tracer shell moving towards its target in the background. Turrets and guns of four Sherman tanks firing a salvo. Browning machine guns firing from the turret. A plough towed by a jeep makes a furrow into which the telephone wire is placed and covered. Close-up of the jeep driver Signalman Gunnill. Close-up of Sergeant Heald.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 370/2/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: 190 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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