Pan over area of desert with carnage of the battle gone by - panoramic shot. Tanks and bren gun carriers moving through Tunisia. Ground to air shot of a large squadron of Allied aircraft going out to pound the Afrika Corps for the last...
Pan over area of desert with carnage of the battle gone by - panoramic shot. Tanks and bren gun carriers moving through Tunisia. Ground to air shot of a large squadron of Allied aircraft going out to pound the Afrika Corps for the last time. Small unit of British soldiers walking along desert road.
Montage of library shots of the heads of the countries and military leaders to whom the tribute for the victory is paid - The King George VI, General Dwight Eisenhower, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, General Lord Alexander Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Military Forces, General Anderson Commander of the First Army, General Bernard Montgomery Commander of the Eighth Army and Air Marshal Arthur Conningham, Chief of the Air Forces in Tunisia.
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