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Object description
Men of the 1st Division being inspected by General Eisenhower near Hammamet, Tunisia. Transport, tanks and guns being loaded on to tank landing ships at Bizerte, Tunisia prior to the invasion of the Italian mainland.
Content description
4 September (Sergeant Richardi). Band and troops of the 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards entering the parade ground, followed by the band and troops of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. General shot of the Divisional artllery. The field artillery. General Eisenhower approaching the artillery positions in his car. Various shots of men of the Royal Artillery, 1st Division marching to the saluting base. These include men of the 2nd Field Regiment, the 19th Field Regiment, the 67th Field Regiment, the 81st Anti-Tank Regiment and the 90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Troops of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards appraching the saluting base, followed by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards and the 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Various shots of the Royal Engineers marching past. Close ups of men of the Royal Corps of Signals approaching the saluting base, followed by the 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards. Men of the 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry approaching with rifles. The 2/7th Middlesex Regiment marching past. The regiment marching with rifles, bayonets and Tommy guns. The 1st Reconnaissance Regiment marching past. Troops of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) marching past.
3 September (Sergeant Huggett). A lorry and Oerlikon gun being taken up on the lift of a tank landing ship (LST) at Bizerte, Tunisia. A Bren Carrier is taken aboard. The Bren Carrier on the lift. Several shots of transport waiting to go aboard the tank landing ships. Tank landing ships lined up on the dockside. A Sherman tank going aboard. A 3.5 inch field gun going aboard.
Physical description
35mm
