MARKET ARABS RUN BY THE ALLIED COMMAND [Allocated Title]

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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.
  • 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) 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 382/5/1

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