GENERAL ANDERSON AT THE FRONT [Allocated Title]



  • Title: GENERAL ANDERSON AT THE FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 376/15
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The First Army Commander and his aide-de-camp Major Cloud of the US Army visit the headquarters of the 24th Guards Brigade at a farm two miles south of Medjez El Bab.
  • Description: General Anderson arrives driving a jeep and is greeted by Brigadier R B R Colvin and Brigade Major H J L Green. Anderson and Colvin walk across a cornfield to an elevated position where they can see the entire valley surrounding Medjez El Bab. They examine the British and German forward positions with field glasses and a telescope. Grenadier Hill in the background on their return. General Anderson mounts his jeep and drives away.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Weber, V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person) British Army, First Army (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Medjez el Bab, 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:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 376/15

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