SPECIAL PARADE OF ZOUAVES [Allocated Title]



  • Title: SPECIAL PARADE OF ZOUAVES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 319/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The visit of Brigadier-General R A McClure of the US Army to French infantry troops at Algiers.
  • Description: The 1st Zouaves Regiment on the parade ground. The regimental band. A First Aid car is visible. The bearers with the flag marching onto the parade ground. An officer gives commands to the troops. Officers take the salute during the playing of the Marseillaise. Colonel Gross, Commanding Officer of the Zouaves Regiment and Brigadier-General McClure talking to one another. Troops leave the parade ground at the double. A First Aid car and nurses.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: McClure, Robert Alexis (person) United States Army (regiment/service) Free French Army, 1st Zouave Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Algiers, Algeria (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, 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: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
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    AYY 319/1

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