BRITISH ENTRY INTO THE HOLY CITY OF KAIROUAN [Allocated Title]



  • Title: BRITISH ENTRY INTO THE HOLY CITY OF KAIROUAN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 390/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Kairouan after the entry of British troops.
  • Description: View of Kairouan from the west. The mosque in the town. The inhabitants of the town greeting the British troops. Major Hugh Stewart (Officer Commanding the Number 2 Army Film and Photographic Section) receiving the Freedom of the City from the Mayor surrounded by cheering French people. A church with a white belfry standing out against the sky. Major Stewart surrounded by some of the local population. Three French girls walking along the main street of the town. A local gives the "V" sign. The girls give another sign over his shoulder then laughingly walk past the camera. A jeep of the Derbyshire Yeomanry covered with flowers and bearing the Union flag and Tricolore. Resting German prisoners. Two British motorcyclists enter the town and are greeted by the French. A group of girls wearing various "V" signs and waving Union flags pose for a close up shot. Flags (French and Tunisian ?) fly over the Banque de Tunisie. Crusader tanks passing through the town. German prisoners are marched through the town en route to a POW camp. A Frenchman sings.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) West, J A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) British Army, No 2 Army Film and Photographic Section (regiment/service) British Army, Derbyshire Yeomanry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kairouan, 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: 390 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes: Summary: film is silent, although the dope sheet notes that the Frenchman in the final shot is singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" in French.
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