Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: American tank crews attached to 4th Company, 22nd Armoured Brigade and the 3rd County of London Yeomanry in the desert.
Description: Soldiers on a tank as it travels on a transporter.
(Reel 9) American tank crews attached to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry line up as the cook sounds the gong for lunch. The men sitting and eating and chatting.
(Reel 5) An American corporal shows a British soldier how to light a cigarette with a magnifying glass. British and American soldiers fraternising. A local salesman shows his goods.
(Reels 6 and 7) Major Cameron holds a map conference for US tank commanders. This is followed by an informal lecture for the US tank crews in which he uses empty beer cans to explain British tactics.
(Reel 13) A tank on the move with the Commander on the turret. Troops eating bread and jam on a tank.
Removing the end of a gun.
Mounting tanks and moving off.
(Reel 8) Tank crews brewing up and fraternising.
(Reel 11) A 75mm gun being cleaned. A 37mm gun and the Browning Anti-Aircraft gun being cleaned. A shot taken through the barrel of the 75mm gun with the American Staff Sergeant looking through the other end. The bogies being greased and the tank being loaded with shells.
A tank moving off, view of the gun from the turret. The tank stops and the crew dismounts.
An American soldier writing a letter by a photograph of a woman.
Crews eating their rations.
(Reel 10) American soldiers standing around a tank as Captain J McLaughlin (in the turret) of the American Tank Detachment discusses the Browning gun with Major Grant, Officer Commanding the County of London Yeomanry.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Flack (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 22nd Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Libya (geography)
North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
