ADVANCE ON TUNIS [Allocated Title]



  • Title: ADVANCE ON TUNIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 431/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The road from Medjez El Bab to Tunis. A German war cemetery near Massicault.
  • Description: Panning shot of a signpost reading " 24 Medjez El Bab - Tunis 33" to a stream of traffic stretching into the distance. Four graves on the roadside near Massicault (three of a German tank crew). The central one is a large Iron Cross shaped from tin. Close-up of the Iron Cross grave marker which reads "Kan, Rich Dangeleit Y 12.10.09 - 30.4.43". Close-up of a grave "Unbe Kannter, Deutscher Soldat". A line of 26 graves shot in a diagonal line. Close-up of a cross at the head of a Hermann Goering Jaeger Paratrooper grave. Close-up of the cross on another grave.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Radford, John H. B. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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
  • Notes:
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    AYY 431/2

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