Title:KAIROUAN INHABITANTS GREET EIGHTH ARMY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 390/4/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British and French troops are greeted by locals in Kairouan, Tunisia.
Description: Enemy equipment captured by the Welsh Guards near Fondouk Pass. A burnt-out 88m gun and lorry. Close-ups of the gun and lorry. Views from the courtyard and tower of the mosque. Local people. The streets of the town. Arabs giving the "V" sign. Panning shot of the city and the courtyard of the mosque. Arabs shaking hands with a British sergeant. Transport of General Leclerc's forces passing through the town. Close-up of a French officer and troops in the first vehicle. Arabs cheering as the vehicles pass. Spectators including British troops looking at an Eighth Army truck. General Leclerc with Lieutenant-Colonel Hindley of the 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment. Various shots of the city and its people. Spectators around an Eighth Army truck. A local bringing out flags. The square.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leclerc, Philippe (person)
Stewart, Hugh (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
British Army, Welsh Guards (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
Free French Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kairouan, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
