IMAGE
Sherman tank being transported across a flooded stream, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias
- Date
- May 1943
- By
- Elias, M D, active 1943
- Reference
- DA-02012-F
- Description
A Sherman tank on a transporter crosses a flooded stream in Tunisia towards the end of the North African campaign. Photograph taken in May 1943 by M D Elias.
File print in Turnbull Library Pictures is not from this negative
Heavy rain a few days before the fall of Tunis during World War II made it difficult for armoured vehicles to travel.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - DA Series
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Square image
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