Title:FIRST ARMY PREPARES TO MEET THE EIGHTH ARMY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 377/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The US Army's II Corps prepares to meet and supply the Eighth Army on its arrival in Gafsa, Tunisia.
Description: Two NCOs of the 49 Company, Corps of Military Police (Traffic Control) at work painting direction signs. A view looking down on the men at work. Close up looking over the shoulder of a man as he paints. Another man, Lance-Corporal J R Mayes paints the word "Dump". The first man painting the Eighth Army shield on a signpost. Captain Waters and an NCO nail up one of the signposts in Gafsa. A jeep with an officer and an NCO comes into the picture. They get out of the jeep with a sign and nail it to a tree. Close-up of the wheels of passing traffic. A "Greetings" sign for the Eighth Army on the Gafsa - Gabès road. Traffic on a dusty road. A background of palm trees. View of Gafsa from a height west of the town.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 49 Company (regiment/service)
United States Army, II Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Gafsa, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
