ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AT THE FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AT THE FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 393/3/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: British medical officers at work in Kairouan, Tunisia.
  • Description: Arab children are inspected by officers of the RAMC. Close-up of an Arab baby being examined, the baby is found to have malaria. Close-up of an woman eating on the doorstep of her house with swarms of flies around her. A German notice forbidding troops to enter brothels. A pile of rubbish swarming with flies lies near the notice. Hygiene officers inspect the town's drainage system. Officers looking at a local man who had been searching his clothes for lice. Testing the local water supply. A bottle of stagnant water taken from a pond containing mosquito larvae. Officers examining the water. The RAMC officers are Colonel Donnelly, Assistant Director Medical Services, Major D Ogle, Assistant Director Medical Services and Major White, Officer Commanding Hygiene.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kairouan, 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: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 393/3/2

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