Reuters Connect
@reutersconnect·17.5K subscribers·23.7K videos
1943 TUNISIA / DEFENCE: World War Two; 'Allies force pace in Tunis'
Posted
May 7, 2026
Views
8
May 7, 2026
8
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
3:26Now PlayingDate: 3rd May 1943
Location: KAIROUAN, TUNISIAN, N. AFRICA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
TUNISIA: Kairouan:
'British Continue Their Advance'
GV mass prisoners walking past camera in lines / Prisoners pas camera / Long Side View pan prisoners marching past watching British Tommies / GROUND TO AIR view formation of 18 bombers in air overhead / Shots of Sherman tank gun firing / Shots of transport trucks and infantry towards on rough road
Three smiling Tommies marching past / Crusader tank past camera and infantry marching alongside and following / Red Cross lorry and tank over rough road / Line of infantrymen marching towards and armoured car with troops past camera / Signpost "SAFE LANE" pan to lorry pan prisoners marching past over rough road and Britain lorry passes them drawing gun / Six prisoners in line past camera / Prisoners of war marching into barbed wire compound / Prisoners standing in line in compound / Young German prisoner, pan down to Iron Cross and decoration on breast pocket / Mass prisoners behind barbed wire compound
Two Arab boys lying on ground by signpost "KAIROUAN CARE 1K" / Wide shot town of Kairouan / Churchill tank along followed by other tanks / Shelled Tunisian Holy Building / PAN up shelled Holy Building / Military cars along through tree bordered Kairouan Street / Four girls clapping as military truck along road / Four cheering girls / Crowd of local residents waving and making "V" signs / Jewish boys taking off Star of David that Germans made them wear / Feet treading on Stars on ground / Inhabitants tearing down German signs / Mass crowd waving, cheering and giving "V" signs
'Yanks Meet Ghurkas'
Jeep drives up with four American soldiers and lorry with Ghurkas draws up they all shake hands / Ghurkas showing US soldiers their Kukri knives / Two Americans feeling sharpness of blade / Ghurka demonstrating knife to Americans / American pretending to attack another with knife
Watch clipWatch the full Reuters clip here
Content from Reuters, available for licensing at
======
SUBSCRIBE to this channel here
#War #Fighting #Defence #Military #AFRICA
Reuters Connect: The world's defining moments captured, from 1896 to the present day. Empower your storytelling with instant access to real time and unique, rare and inspiring content from Reuters and partners. Access inspiring visuals through a seamless platform offering instant download and transparent rights. Designed for publishers, production companies, archival producers, creative agencies and NGOs to create impactful stories with speed, confidence and integrity.
Website: www.reutersconnect.com
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
