FIRST ARMY ATTACK AND DRIVE FOR KAIROUAN [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: FIRST ARMY ATTACK AND DRIVE FOR KAIROUAN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 389/1/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 6th Armoured Division at El Ala after the breaking of the enemy line in the early hours of 8 April by the Hampshire Regiment and American and French troops.
  • Description: A stream of Sherman tanks and equipment rolling through clouds of dust. Panning shot of tank and signpost reading "To Pichon". A group of cheerful-looking prisoners. Sherman tanks. More equipment pouring through. German prisoners. Tanks and vehicles obscured by flying dust.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service) British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Ala, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) Prisoners of War, 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: 300 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes: The German prisoners were political prisoners of the Reich, released from concentration camps for service in the army.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 389/1/2

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