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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Army in Sousse after its capture.
Description: Men of the Royal Artillery attached to the New Zealand Division with a captured German 88mm gun. Loading and firing the gun. Close-up of the French flag on a mast. General Montgomery in a car. The car halts and Montgomery gets out. He greets officers. Close-up of the crowd. Montgomery salutes. French sailors lining the steps. Montgomery with a French officer. He greets civilians. A woman presents flowers to Montgomery. Montgomery kisses the women and takes the flowers. Montgomery carrying a wreath. Close-up of the crowd. Montgomery walking with an officer. Montgomery in his car. Close-up of French and British/Australian/New Zealand flags. Montgomery's car moves up the street. Close-up of Montgomery saluting to the crowd in his car. The crowd applauding. Close-up of a wreath. Montgomery inspecting a map with officers. Transport passing up the road in the background. General Montgomery walking in the street with officers. He inspects men on parade. Montgomery in his car. The crowd waving.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Flack (Lieutenant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sousse, Tunisia (geography)
Sfax, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)