Title:KING GEORGE VI ARRIVES IN TUNISIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 477/1/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The King arrives at Sabala Aerodrome near Tunisia.
Description: A Liberator bomber arrives at the airfield. Close up of the nose of the plane swinging around towards the camera. General Alexander emerges from the rear of the plane. Sir James Grigg, accompanied by an RAF officer, leaves the plane. A York plane flies into the field. George VI steps out and salutes an RAF officer. The King walks over to Sir Archibald Sinclair and Lieutenant-General Anderson. The three men face the Guard of Honour. The King returns the salute.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Wilson, M (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Alexander, Harold (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) (person)
Grigg, James (person)
George VI, King (person)
Sinclair, Archibald Henry Macdonald (person)
Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)