DOUGHBOYS MEET GURKS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DOUGHBOYS MEET GURKS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 388/3/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Indian troops from the Eighth Army meet US troops of the First Army in the mountains in Tunisia after the battle of Gabès Gap.
  • Description: Planes in the air. Americans in a jeep. They leave the jeep and shake hands with the Gurkhas. Close-up of Gurkhas with a knife. A Gurkha shows his kukri knife to one of the Americans. He inspects the knife. An American talking to a Gurkha. An American inspecting a rifle. A group of American soldiers with Gurkhas. An American holding a kukri. He feels the blade of the knife. Close up of a Gurkha laughing. A Gurkha taking a cigarette from an American.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Ingram, G E (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service) British Army, Gurkha Rifles1 (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: 188 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 388/3/2

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