Closing In On Tunis 1943

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Full title reads: "CLOSING IN ON TUNIS".

Tunisia.

British soldiers walking along Tunisian road. They past a signpost "Enfidaville". Various shots of heavy field guns in action in Takrouna area. 8th Army soldiers entering a building in Takrouna. Various shots of tanks on Banana Ridge...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38054
Sort Number:
43/037
Time in/Out:
01:20:25:00 / 01:22:37:00
Canister:
43/37
Film ID:
1083.11
Issue Date:
10/05/1943

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