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All Roads to El Alamein

Date released

13 Jul 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/56

NoS ID

099526

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

British troops preparing defences on the El Alamein line, and men of the 50th Division regrouping after fighting their way back through enemy lines.

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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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Alamein Today

Date released

25 Oct 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/85

NoS ID

100136

Story no

1 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Deserted railway station and acres of sand are all that remains of the once centre of activity El Alamein. Gone are the troops and the inhabitants - left are the graveyards.

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Red Cross in the Front Line

Date released

28 Sep 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/78

NoS ID

099650

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A soldier wounded in a desert skirmish is brought to an underground hospital in the El Alamein area run by the Red Cross.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Alamein Anniversary at El Alamein

Date released

7 Nov 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

909A

NoS ID

014135

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Alamein Anniversary at El Alamein. DESCRIPTION: The fourth anniversary of the victory at El Alamein was marked at the site. SHOTLIST: KS GV cemetery, with drummer in fore. Library -...

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El Alamein

Date released

22 Oct 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/85

NoS ID

100836

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

On the third anniversary of this turning point of the war, Field Marshal Montgomery came to Pathe Studios to give this personal message. (The accompanying music is from Albert Arlen’s "El Alamein...

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Alamein Men - And Monty - Meet Again

Date released

27 Oct 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/86

NoS ID

103158

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

In London Eighth Army veterans get together to recall the battle that turned the tide - El Alamein.

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Western Desert: Alamein Memorial

Date released

28 Oct 1954

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2172

NoS ID

071953

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Reunion at Wembley. Memorial unveiled.

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Wounded Home from El Alamein

Date released

11 Mar 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1320

NoS ID

147309

Story no

3 / 5

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North Africa Battlefields

Date released

25 Oct 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1385

NoS ID

147549

Story no

2 / 5

Anniversary of El Alamein.

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