FIRST ARMY ADVANCE TOWARDS TUNIS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FIRST ARMY ADVANCE TOWARDS TUNIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 418/4/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards occupy a hill on the fringe of Goubellat Plain.
  • Description: Two Royal Artillery officers at an observation point behind a stone wall. The officers peering through binoculars, looking at a map and telephoning instructions to the gun team. The Guards advancing in extended order across the flower-covered ground to another hill. A police sergeant from the Guards, Sergeant A Green from South Shields, firing a Bren gun at a Messerschmitt.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) West, J A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, First Army (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion (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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 418/4/1

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