AIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES' GRANDE FINALE; NORTH AFRICAN DUST AND TROOP CARRYING VEHICLES; FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES DRIVE FOR TUNIS
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 416/1).
Synopsis
6 May. Seventeen Mitchell bombers flying in formation to bomb accompanied by nine Spitfires. A formation of Marauder bombers. Another formation of bombers.
Scots Guards vehicles passing a corner in three-inch thick dust. Close-up of wheels passing the camera and dust on the road. Close-up of a scout car turning a corner and disappearing into its own dust. Men of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards marching through a cornfield to board a Troop Carrying Vehicle. Close-up of the men climbing into the vehicle. Shot from inside the TCV showing Irish Guards entering it. Close-up of feet and hands of the men climbing into the vehicle. The TCV with its load moving off through the corn. A convoy of TCVs moving off.
7 May. Scorpion mine clearers pass a convoy of transport of vehicles near Massicault on the way to Tunis. Panning shot "Tunis" on a sign to a passing 25 pounder gun hauled by a quad going up to its new front. A Priest gun mounted on a tank chassis. Men of the 11th Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Artillery firing at the German 88mm guns from a cornfield. Close-up of the breech being loaded, fired and reloaded. German prisoners riding in on a half track vehicle and on an ammunition limber towed by the half track.
Preparations for the final assault on Tunis.
Titles
- AIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES' GRANDE FINALE; NORTH AFRICAN DUST AND TROOP CARRYING VEHICLES; FIRST AND EIGHTH ARMIES DRIVE FOR TUNIS (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1943
- Running Time:
- 4 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 382 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- West, J A (Sergeant)
- Production company
- War Office Film Unit