TUNISIAN VICTORY : an official record [Main Title]

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  • Title: TUNISIAN VICTORY : an official record [Main Title]
  • Film Number: CVN 308
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  • Summary: Film about the Allied campaign in Tunisia.
  • Description: Strategic objectives - to strike at Rommel's rear, preventing him from taking Egypt and linking up in Iraq with German forces from the Caucasus for a combined offensive with the Japanese against India, thus "surrounding" Russia and China. The film contains a comparatively detailed account of events from the initial landings to the final German surrender. Allied strategy is described as analogous to an engine cylinder, with the 8th Army as the piston compressing the Germans into Northern Tunisia. Thematic elements correspond to those in AFRICA FREED (qv), although individual emphasis differs. The film gives much greater prominence to the American effort, to the detriment of the British - thus Alamein is mentioned only as one phase of a larger strategy, with the implication that American bombing of Italian supply bases was considered equally important. The soundtrack frequently refers to the "Allies", while American troops and equipment are shown on screen. The Germans are also allotted a more passive role - Rommel is less prominent and the "infamous" Kesselring and von Arnim are only briefly mentioned. There is, generally, a heavier emphasis on the righteousness of the Allied cause, and a rather more pronounced sentimentality. Narrated in part by British character actor, Bernard Miles.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: CVN 308
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB United States of America
  • Production Details: Office of War Information (Production sponsor) Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) British and American Service Film Units (Production company) Stewart, Hugh1910-12-142011-05-31 (Production individual) Capra, Frank (Production individual) Boulting, Roy1913-11-212001-11-05British film producer-director (Production individual) Hodson, J L (Production individual) Huston, John (Production individual) Veiller, Anthony (Production individual) Alwyn, William (Production individual) Tiomkin, Dmitri (Production individual) Genn, Leo (Production cast) Veiller, Anthony (Production cast) Miles, Bernard (Production cast) Meredith, Burgess (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: propaganda, Allied - inflammatory (object name) propaganda, Allied - inspirational (object name) strategy, Allied: Middle East (object name) Tunisia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 8 Footage: 6871 ft; Running time: 76 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    CVN 308

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    LOC/SWW/010 (Original shot sheets for Second World War edited films: Burma Victory, Tunisian Victory, Desert Victory) LOC/SWW/013/001 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Spare sheets, M2-M99) LOC/SWW/010/003 (Tunisian Victory: Handwritten shot lists/viewing notes) LOC/SWW/010/004 (Tunisian Victory: Film Section Shot Sheet) LOC/SWW/013/002 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Spare sheets, M101-M200) LOC/SWW/013/003 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Spare sheets,M208-M360) LOC/SWW/013/004 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Spare sheets,M362-M372; Messter Films 1918, No 483; True Glory) LOC/SWW/013/005 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Originals, M1-M200) LOC/SWW/013/006 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Originals, M33-M97) LOC/SWW/013/007 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Originals, M106-M181) LOC/SWW/013/008 (Original shot sheets M Series (MMY): Originals, M188-M712)
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