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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The French 19th Corps moving up in the Pont du Fahs sector.
Description: 26 April. A damaged Somua tank in a ditch by the roadside on the Robaa-Siliana road. French mechanics attempting to tow the tank out with a lorry. An anti-aircraft battery attached to 19th Corps HQ loads up and prepares vehicles for moving off. The convoy moving off. Men of the 213 Battery, Défense Contre-Aérienne rounding up the unit mascots, a donkey and a pig. The animals are put on the petrol truck and the truck moves off. The convoy moving down the road towards Robaa.
27 April. Soldiers looking at knocked out German tanks on the road to Pont du Fahs. French transport moving along the road in the foreground. A French lorry passing damaged German tanks. French troops manning an abandoned Italian Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun in its original emplacement. Panning shot from a small dump of Italian ammunition on the roadside to the gun position. The encampment of the 108 Battery, 62nd Royal French Artillery with an old civilian lorry with an 8mm Hotchkiss Light Anti-Aircraft Gun mounted in the back.
28 April. An officer returning from a reconnaissance in a civilian car with a light automatic Darne 7.5mm gun mounted on the roof. Colonel Gerdolle, Chief Engineer to the 19th Corps talking to his chief of staff police captain. Close-ups of Colonel Gerdolle and the police captain. The monkey mascot of the 102 Battery, 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment looking through a French gunner's hair. Carts bringing up supplies to the French forward positions. French engineers at work improving the roads. A captured six pounder anti-tank gun and a small French anti-tank gun in position manned by French soldiers awaiting an attack. Demolition of a bridge on the main road between Robaa and Pont du Fahs.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Meyer (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gerdolle (Colonel) (person)
Free French Army, XIX Corps (regiment/service)
Free French Army, Défense Contre-Aérienne (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunisia (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)