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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Turkish Military Mission on a tour of the First Army area.
Description: General Omurtak and members of the Turkish mission meeting Lieutenant-General Allfrey, Commander of V Corps. They walk by the farmhouses and lay flat on the ground to view the enemy position. The Turkish Mission meets Air Commodore Crosse with the RAF. With Wing Commander Millington they inspect various types of Spitfires and Lightning fighters. With the RAF at Khemis they clamber over planes. They are taken across a stream in a Bren carrier and inspect the line with the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiment. At the 6th Armoured Division they see a tank display. Generals and moving tanks. General Omurtak inspects the American Guard at Second Corps Headquarters. He rides in a jeep and climbs a mountain to inspect enemy positions. The Turkish Generals meet Lieutenant-General Clark at a reception at Oran. The Generals take the salute as the band plays the American and Turkish national anthems. The Mission arrives at the Grand Hotel in Oran in cars. The Generals stepping from their cars. The band and Honour Guard. A visit to the Ordnance Depot. The convoy of the Generals' cars, flying flags. The Turkish Mission with Vice Admiral Willis and the Royal Navy. Naval guns firing. Planes being catapulted from an aircraft carrier. Mines being dropped by naval aircraft. The Mission meeting General Montgomery at Sfax.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Groom, G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Clark, Mark Wayne (person)
Allfrey, Charles Walter (person)
Willis, Algernon Usborne (person)
Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Omurtak, Salih (person)
Crosse, Kenneth (person)
Millington, Ernest Rogers (person)
British Army, V Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Turkish Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Khemis, Algeria (geography)
Oran, Algeria (geography)
Sfax, Tunisia (geography)
North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)