131ST MOBILE DENTAL UNIT, EIGHTH ARMY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 131ST MOBILE DENTAL UNIT, EIGHTH ARMY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 394/1/6
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A Mobile Dental Unit at work in Sfax, Tunisia.
  • Description: Men getting teeth ready for delivery. Putting the finishing touches to the teeth. Packing rubber into the mould for finished dentures. Finishing the plaster models. Polishing dentures. Captain Atkins extracting a tooth. Taking an impression of a tooth. The finished article being fitted.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 394/1/6
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Taylor (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Dental Corps, 131st Mobile Dental Unit (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sfax, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    AYY 394/1/6

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