6TH ARMOURED DIVISION DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]

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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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 170 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 397/5

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