Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The British are welcomed on their entry to Kairouan, Tunisia.
Description: The Mayor of Kairouan greeting Major Hugh Stewart near the public gardens. People cheering and applauding. A group of Jews with the Star of Zion on their lapels. Girls laughing. A mother helps her small baby to make the "V" sign. War correspondent D'Arcy Danson shaking hands with a Spahi. The French flag flying over the Controle Civile. Young girls holding a scarf on which is written "Vive La France". The doctor of the town (wearing a white coat) with Major Stewart. German prisoners marching through the town. Panning shot of the cheering crowd and prisoners. Local people scatter as the Alert is sounded. The first jeep to enter the town, with soldiers of the Derbyshire Yeomanry. Flowers are strewn on the bonnet of the car. The men are Corporal A Iggulden from East Ham, Trooper C Gayler from Waltham Cross, Trooper A Emery from Boston, Lincolnshire and Trooper L Murray from Brierfield, Lancashire. The 26th Armoured Brigade forming up on the plain in front of Kairouan prior to continuing the advance. Panning shot of a burned out 88mm gun and a German grave. A distorted piece of metal with the Afrika Korps sign.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Black, A W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stewart, Hugh (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
British Army, 26th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Derbyshire Yeomanry (regiment/service)
German Army (Third Reich), Afrika Korps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kairouan, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
