SIGNAL LAYING IN TUNISIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SIGNAL LAYING IN TUNISIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 382/1/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Number 1 Company, 1st Army Signals laying signal lines seven miles west of Testour, Tunisia.
  • Description: Men walk down the track to the next pole carrying ladders. A signalman climbing a ladder and fixing wooden bobbins which will later hold the cable. Hammering the bobbin onto the pole. Panoramic shot of the countryside ending on the pole and men working. A ravine. The signalman hammering the bobbin. Mountain scenery. Men working on the pole. Local men walking down the road. Men working with a hammer and "jumper" to prepare holes for the poles. A man forcing a hole into the ground. The hammer head landing on the jumper. The mountainous country and men fixing the cable onto the pole. The cable is wound around the bobbin.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Lupson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Testour, 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: 300 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 382/1/3

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