GENERAL ALEXANDER VISITS 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL ALEXANDER VISITS 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 441/2/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The General Officer Commanding Middle East Command visits the 6th Armoured Division in Tunisia.
  • Description: The General is greeted on his arrival. The General with Brigadier Roberts and General Keightley. Close-up of General Alexander. Close-up of Sergeant "Wag" Golder showing his Royal Armoured Corps cap badge and Staff Sergeant Major Smith of the 17th/21st Lancers showing his Death or Glory Boys badge.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Alexander, Harold (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) (person) Keightley, Charles Frederic (person) Roberts, George Philip Bradley (person) British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, 17th/21st Lancers (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Aroussa, 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 441/2/2

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