EIGHTH ARMY MEETING THE AMERICANS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EIGHTH ARMY MEETING THE AMERICANS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 382/5/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Eighth Army meets up with the 81st Reconnaissance Unit of the US 1st Armored Division on the Gabès-Gafsa Road in Tunisia.
  • Description: Tanks riding into the setting sun. A group of approximately two thousand prisoners. The men greet each other with handshakes and pats on the back.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 382/5/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Acland, A W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) United States Army, 1st Armored Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: 400 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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