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.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
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)
