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Title:PREPARATION OF SUPPLIES FOR THE EIGHTH ARMY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 377/2/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Supplies ready for the arrival of the Eighth Army at Gafsa, Tunisia.
Description: A lorry bringing the last load of petrol to the dump. The lorry reversing into position. Men unloading the lorry. Two officers checking the unloading. Close-up of the last four tins of petrol being unloaded and carried to the dump, completing the large dump ready for the Eighth Army. Officers inspecting one of the stacks of petrol. They are Major Sim of the Pioneer Corps and Captain Waters of the Military Police, Traffic Control. A panoramic view of a palm tree, a petrol stack and a No Smoking sign. Dumps of petrol and ammunition.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
French, Henry (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Pioneer Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Gafsa, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)