6TH ARMOURED DIVISION DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]



  • Title: 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 413/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 26th Armoured Brigade travelling from near Goubellat to Tunis.
  • Description: 24 April. A knocked out German 75mm self propelling gun. Ruins of a farmhouse from which Sherman tanks attacked the enemy. Infantry advancing with tanks. The smoke and dust of battle. Smoke from a bomb burst, flashes and smoke of artillery. A knocked out German gun. 25 April. An 88mm gun and equipment in a wadi. Tanks passing through.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-24
  • 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, 26th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Goubellat, 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: 300 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 413/1

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