NEW ZEALANDERS AT EL HAMMA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NEW ZEALANDERS AT EL HAMMA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 384
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: New Zealand troops around El Hamma, Tunisia during a minor battle.
  • Description: Smoke rising. Lorries moving up. Prisoners lined up. A soldier attending wounded prisoners. An injured hand is tied up. Prisoners in a compound. A soldier inspecting a prisoner. Prisoners receiving drinks. A soldier parading by prisoners. A column of prisoners on the move. A crashed German plane. Men inspecting the plane. The marking on the tail of the German plane. Prisoners on the move. A Red Cross flag. The name on the plane "Asproliner". Men carrying a stretcher. A Red Cross ambulance with car in the background. A stretcher is placed in a Red Cross plane. Close-up of the red cross on the side of the plane. Officers watching. A man assists the wounded onto the plane. The plane taxies along the ground then takes off. Men leaving the Red Cross tent. Carrying a stretcher. Close-up of the man on the stretcher. A plane taking off and passing the Red Cross flag. Planes on the ground. Men lifting a stretcher from the ambulance. A plane taxiing on the ground. The Red Cross on the side of the plane. Men eating from mess tins. A man seated on the ground with a dog eating and drinking. The dog begging. Officers lighting cigarettes. A Red Cross ambulance. The writing on the ambulance reading "American Field Service" and a drawing of a duck. Men carrying a stretcher into a tent. A man reading a paper. A wounded man is examined. Men carrying a stretcher into a tent. Men laying on stretchers lined up on the ground. A wounded man smoking. The men on the ground on stretchers. Men with a captured gun. Scattered goods on the ground. men inspecting the captured kit and other goods. A lorry by the roadside. An armoured car towing a gun in the distance. A lorry on the move. A tank passing. Prisoners on the ground. Men walking to a German captured tank. They inspect the tank and the gun. Close-up of a blazing tank.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-12
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Production Details: New Zealand Army Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: New Zealand Army (regiment/service) New Zealand Red Cross (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Hamma, 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: 947 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • Notes: No dope sheet.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 384

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