Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Senior Allied officers on their way to the victory parade in Tunis and troops at the parade.
Description: General Anderson leaving First Army Headquarters in his car for Tunis aerodrome. Close ups of the following arriving at the aerodrome: General Alexander, General Eisenhower, General Anderson, General Giraud, Admiral Cunningham, Vice Admiral Hewitt (US Army), Air Marshal Coningham, Air Marshal Tedder and General Doolittle (US Army). Further close ups of the men at the aerodrome. Cars containing General Alexander, General Anderson, General Giraud and General Eisenhower leaving the aerodrome for the saluting base. The cars en route. Spahi troops leading the parade. French infantry. American troops. British troops with a crowd applauding in the background. The Grenadier Guards. Close ups of various officers arriving at the Residence Générale for lunch after the parade.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:AYY 457/5
Sound:Silent
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Production Date:1943-05-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Best, W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel (person)
Alexander, Harold (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) (person)
Eisenhower, Dwight David (person)
Giraud, Henri H (person)
Cunningham, Andrew Browne (person)
Hewitt, Kent (person)
Coningham, Arthur (person)
Tedder, Arthur William (person)
Doolittle, James H (person)
Keywords: Tunis, Tunisia (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
