AIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES' GRANDE FINALE; NORTH AFRICAN DUST AND TROOP CARRYING VEHICLES; FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES' GRANDE FINALE; NORTH AFRICAN DUST AND TROOP CARRYING VEHICLES; FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES DRIVE FOR TUNIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 416/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Preparations for the final assault on Tunis.
  • Description: 6 May. Seventeen Mitchell bombers flying in formation to bomb accompanied by nine Spitfires. A formation of Marauder bombers. Another formation of bombers. Scots Guards vehicles passing a corner in three-inch thick dust. Close-up of wheels passing the camera and dust on the road. Close-up of a scout car turning a corner and disappearing into its own dust. Men of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards marching through a cornfield to board a Troop Carrying Vehicle. Close-up of the men climbing into the vehicle. Shot from inside the TCV showing Irish Guards entering it. Close-up of feet and hands of the men climbing into the vehicle. The TCV with its load moving off through the corn. A convoy of TCVs moving off. 7 May. Scorpion mine clearers pass a convoy of transport of vehicles near Massicault on the way to Tunis. Panning shot "Tunis" on a sign to a passing 25 pounder gun hauled by a quad going up to its new front. A Priest gun mounted on a tank chassis. Men of the 11th Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Artillery firing at the German 88mm guns from a cornfield. Close-up of the breech being loaded, fired and reloaded. German prisoners riding in on a half track vehicle and on an ammunition limber towed by the half track.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) West, J A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Scots Guards (regiment/service) British Army, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Irish Guards (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, Honourable Artillery Company, 11th Battalion (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Massicault, 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: 382 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 416/1

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