War Pictorial News, 1943: 8th Army Enters Tunisia

Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.
(12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945 )

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Part 1, armor of the Brit. 8th Army crosses the Libyan border into Tunisia, and rolls through the streets of a Tunisian city. Part 2 shows training maneuvers of Brit. paratroops and glider troops. Part 3, Haile Selassie reviews inf. and pack mules of the British-trained Ethiopian Army. Light mountain howitzers are fired. Part 4, on the Union of S. Africa's contribution to the Brit. war effort: S. African naval cadets tie knots and row boats. Coastal guns are fired during a defense drill. Motor torpedo boats maneuver at sea. Shows a convoy at sea and S. African troops debarking at a port.

SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945
Ethiopia (Africa) nation
South Africa (Africa) nation
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Army
Great Britain. Army
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975


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