A COMPANY OF KING'S ROYAL RIFLES CORPS IN A WADI [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A COMPANY OF KING'S ROYAL RIFLES CORPS IN A WADI [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 374/9/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men of "A" Company, King's Royal Rifles Corps, 4th Light Armoured Brigade three hours before the advance on Gabès, Tunisia.
  • Description: The wadi with palm tree in the foreground. Men preparing their evening meal and talking. The sun setting. Company armoured cars. Officers and a sergeant going up the mountainside and selecting gun positions. Bringing up gun parts. A gun in position. A gun crew behind the gun as dusk falls. Close-up of the section officer. The gun pointed towards the camera.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 374/9/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Deeming, E A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 4th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps (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: 160 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    AYY 374/9/1

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