Title:ALLIED ADVANCE IN CENTRAL TUNISIA AND MEETING OF FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMY MEN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 393/3/4
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops in the Kairouan area.
Description: Lance-Corporal Oxlade (from Highbury, London), a Corps of Royal Military Police traffic controller, directs transport on its way to the front. Signpost reading Kairouan Gare. An Eighth Army Mark IV armoured vehicle surrounded by First Amy personnel. The crew of the vehicle shaking hands with the First Army men. Close-up of the laughing crew. The crew grouped on their vehicle. A sign for the town of Sbikha.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
West, J A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kairouan, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
