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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The First and Eighth Armies in Tunis.
Description: Close-up of sign reading Tunis 36km. Panning shot from the sign to traffic heading for Tunis. Panning shot from a sign reading Tunis 14km to Bren carriers going to Tunis. Panning shot from sign reading Tunis 4km to a column of prisoners going in the opposite direction. Sign to Medjez El Bab showing prisoners going in that direction. Panning shot from the civilians of Tunis to German prisoners in an enclosure. Prisoners being issued with food. Prisoners rushing to trucks which are taking them to POW camps. British infantry marching into Tunis. Close-up of captured Italian sailors. Close-up of a large sign for Tunis. Street scenes of Tunis and the civilian population. Panning shot of General Alexander and Air Marshal Coningham passing through the streets of Tunis. Close-ups of the men on their tour of Tunis. The two men having a roadside lunch outside Tunis. Regimental Sergeant Major McLaughlin of the 200 Provost Company, Military Police directing traffic going into Tunis. A crowd cheering a French officer as he enters a building decorated with French flags. An English woman, a resident of Tunis, greeting cameraman Sergeant Bowman of the No 2 Army Film and Photographic Section (Public Relations). Troops marching through Tunis. A French car throwing out leaflets.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
French, Henry (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Alexander, Harold (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) (person)
Coningham, Arthur (person)
Bowman (Sergeant) (person)
British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 200 Provost Company (regiment/service)
Free French Army (regiment/service)
German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
Italian Navy, VASCO DA GAMA, frigate (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunis, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Prisoners of War, North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)