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Title:MARKET ARABS RUN BY THE ALLIED COMMAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 382/5/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A market for locals run by Allied Command at Testour, Tunisia.
Description: Panning shot of the market. Arabs sitting on the ground waiting to queue up. A queue is formed by Arab police. A man buying flour at an improvised counter. Locals being served in the background with the Khaliphat Ali Ounais in the foreground. A man pays for his purchases and moves away. The organisers of the market (from right to left): Lieutenant V L Oddi, US Forces, Chief of the Arabs of the district; the Controle Civil, Monsieur A Massonaud and the local Field Security Officer Lieutenant E Scarisbrick of Number 3 Field Security Section, 1st Division.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Radford, John H. B. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Intelligence Corps, 3rd Field Security Section (regiment/service)
Keywords: Testour, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)