AMERICAN TRANSPORT MOVING UP TO EL GUETTAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMERICAN TRANSPORT MOVING UP TO EL GUETTAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 382/4/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: American transport passing through Gafsa, Tunisia on the way to the front at El Guettar.
  • Description: Panning shot from a sign reading Ville de Gafsa to vehicles moving on the road as they enter the town. American ten-wheel 2-1/2 ton lorries passing through the narrow winding streets. One lorry is stationary in the middle of a street. Another lorry goes around a corner. A convoy of 2-1/2 ton lorries led by an American military policeman on a motorbike passing through the centre of the town. Close-up of wheels passing on a dusty road. A large lorry stopped in the centre of the town. Another convoy of lorries passing. Close-up of wheels passing. Sherman and General Grant tanks passing along the dusty road from Gafsa. Smoke from enemy bombs dropped a mile away is visible in the background. American troops running off the road for cover from the bombs.
  • 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) West, J A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Gafsa, 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 382/4/1

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