Title:SECRET VISIT OF PREMIER CHURCHILL TO TUNIS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 467/5/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Prime Minister makes a surprise visit to First Army Headquarters and to the amphitheatre at Carthage with the Foreign Secretary and senior officers.
Description: 1 June. Churchill getting out of his car and walking towards the ruins of the amphitheatre at Carthage. A crowd of soldiers clapping their hands to greet him. Close up of Churchill walking down the steps into the amphitheatre with Anthony Eden, General Anderson and General Allfrey. Churchill making a speech. Churchill with Anthony Eden, General Anderson and General Allfrey in the rear. Close up of Churchill waving his topee on a stick before entering his car and leaving the amphitheatre. Troops lining the road on the entrance to Tunis with the Prime Minister passing through in a closed car.
2 June. Troops of the 46th Division lining the road leading from Tunis-Hammam Lif and welcoming the Prime Minister. Churchill in an open car with Anthony Eden, General Sir Alan Brooke and General Anderson. The Prime Minister and party inspecting the Brigade of Guards.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
French, Henry (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Eden, (Robert) Anthony (person)
Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person)
Allfrey, Charles Walter (person)
Brooke, Alan Francis (person)
British Army, 46th Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunis, Tunisia (geography)
Carthage, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
