CHURCHILL TANKS MOVE UP [Allocated Title]



  • Title: CHURCHILL TANKS MOVE UP [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 389/1/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Tanks lying in a field beside 36th Brigade Headquarters near Oued Zarga after being called to clear enemy infantry from a number of high features.
  • Description: The Tank Commander climbing into the turret. The first tanks move out of the field, cross the road and continue in a line across adjacent ground. A group of newly captured German prisoners are escorted past a group of Churchill tanks. A tank advancing. A tank approaching the camera.
  • 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) Wilson, M (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, 36th Brigade (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Oued Zarga, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) Prisoners of War, Far East 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 389/1/3

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