Title:HM THE KING VISITS NORTH AFRICA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 477/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The King visits Tunisia.
Description: King George VI leaves Tunis racecourse and walks through the Guard of Honour of the 24th Guards Brigade, the [5th] Battalion Grenadiers, the 1st Scots Guards and the 1st Irish Guards. He gets into his car. Close up of the King talking to General Barré. Close up of the King talking to another French officer. Close up of General Anderson and General Barré. The King walks down a row of clapping troops and French civilians. He inspects a Tiger Tank Mark VI in the Rue Gambetta, Tunis. Close up of the King speaking to Brigadier Cook of the 1st Army. Close up of the King speaking to Mademoiselle Lucienne Brun, the Adjutant to the Chief of the Youth Organisation.
The Tiger Tank and crowds. The crowd cheering. The King driving through the 51st Royal Tank Regiment on the way to Hammamet. He passes through troops at Grombalia.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: George VI, King (person)
Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person)
Barré, Georges (person)
Keywords: Tunis, Tunisia (geography)
Grombalia, Tunisia (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
