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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: 'V’ Sign in the Desert

Date released

1 Sep 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

639

NoS ID

011883

Story no

4 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: V’ for Victory in the Western Desert. DESCRIPTION: The ‘V’ for victory sign is appearing all over the desert, on items large and small. SHOTLIST: V for victory has found its way...

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Desert Storm: The Victory (1991 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 101 min., 1995 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

CNN reports on the Gulf War - failed peacemaking, military strategy, the air war, the 100-hour ground war, followed by liberation and victory.

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Gulf war victory (1991)

Genre

Speech

Speech by an unidentified British army commander in the Gulf on success and victory of the Gulf war.

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That was 1983: Victory’s Review of 1983 (1983)

End of the Year Show 1983. TRACK 1- RICHIE STEVENS describes scene at Fratton Park when Portsmouth FC clinched promotion to 2nd division after win over Southend 2-0. 2- STEVE KYTE talking about election...

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V in the Western Desert

Date released

1 Sep 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/70

NoS ID

098981

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Troops in a camp in the Western Desert join in the V for Victory campaign by wearing the V sign on their clothing.

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Premiere of "Desert Victory"

Date released

11 Mar 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

958

NoS ID

063517

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Western Desert News: The Dawn Patrol

Date released

7 Aug 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

635A

NoS ID

011849

Story no

10 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dawn Patrol. DESCRIPTION: Hurricanes of the RAF go on dawn patrol over the desert. SHOTLIST: The operations officer runs out to brief the pilots in the Western Desert. The men climb...

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Desert Victory: The Battle of El Alamein (1943)

Director

Roy Boulting

Producer

David MacDonald

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60 minutes), £14.99 (QL/retail)

Documentary, with some re-enacted material. Official British war film. The story of the British Eighth Army’s victory at El Alamein in the autumn of 1942, and its advance across nearly 1400 miles of desert...

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Desert Rats in Berlin

Date released

30 Jul 1945

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/79; Paramount Issue No.: 1504

NoS ID

156796

Story no

3 / 3

A victory march of 10,000 men of three services. Churchill and Montgomery present. At Potsdam, the three powers, Stalin, Truman and Churchill meet.

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Churchill Salutes "Dear Desert Rats"

Date released

30 Jul 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1504

NoS ID

039647

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

10,000 men of all three services march past Winston Churchill in Berlin victory parade. At Potsdam Big Three continue meetings.

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