FRENCH TROOPS IN ROBAA SECTOR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FRENCH TROOPS IN ROBAA SECTOR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 398/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The ruined village of Robaa, Tunisia after its capture by the French.
  • Description: The French 20th Battery (artillery), with Canon de 155 mm Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) gun, in their encampment and firing camouflaged guns. Mounted Goumiers riding towards Pont du Fahs. The Poste de Secours (First Aid Post) Advanced Dressing Station receives a casualty who is inspected before being sent on to Robaa. The French medical officer discusses the case with his assistant. English ambulances in use. French troops with mules move along the road to the front. Notice boards at Robaa, Siliana (with a sentry), Pont du Fahs and Tunis. A British truck passes. A group of Italian prisoners taken on the Robaa front by the Goumiers. A captured Italian officer.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Meyer (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Free French Army, XIX Corps (regiment/service) Free French Army, Moroccan March Division (regiment/service) Italian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Robaa, Tunisia (geography) Pont du Fahs, 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: 399 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 398/2

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