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Title:6TH ARMOURED DIVISION DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 397/5
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 6th Armoured Division on Goubellat Plain.
Description: Tanks and guns of the 6th Armoured Division deployed across the plain. Dust and smoke from the battle. Burning tanks. Sherman tanks close in and machine gun a farm. A German all-purpose gun is inspected by the men of the York and Lancaster Regiment who captured it. Bodies of dead German soldiers. The remains of a German gun and an Arab hut after the Sherman tanks had passed. German prisoners being interrogated by Intelligence Officer Lieutenant Gardener of 26th Armoured Brigade Headquarters. A batch of prisoners.
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, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, 26th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, York and Lancaster Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Intelligence Corps (regiment/service)
German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Goubellat, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Prisoners of War, North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)