TANKS BESIDE LONGSTOP HILL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TANKS BESIDE LONGSTOP HILL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 418/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Tanks of the North Irish Horse moving up Longstop Hill to assist the infantry.
  • Description: Panning shot along Longstop Hill with Churchill tanks advancing in the foreground. The tanks going forwards. A tank approaches a wadi. Close-up of the tank going over the wadi and up the hill.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 418/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Lupson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, North Irish Horse (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Djebel Ahmera, 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: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    AYY 418/2

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