Title:PZKPFW IV GERMAN TANK TIGER SPECIAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 451/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Views of Ferryville. Demonstration at Medjez El Bab of the first Mark IV Tiger tank to be captured intact.
Description: Parts of Ferryville untouched by Allied bombing. Men working on the Tiger tank. The air tube being collapsed. The turret traversed by hand. Rear view of the tank. Close-up of the engine cowling open. The air filter connection tube being secured. Close-up of the wide tracks. Close-up of the track shield being lifted. Front view of the tank and gun. Close-up of the tracks' supporting wheels. Close-up of the driving sprocket. The tank rounding a corner and approaching the camera fast. The tank swinging to its right. The tank under cover of a hut traversing its turret. The tank crashing from the cover of the hut and turning to its left. The tank rising onto the crest of a hill. The tank running across the camera at right angles. A tracked German motorcycle.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Day, Reginald Ernest (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Fifth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia (geography)
Ferryville, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
