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General Grant Tanks

Date released

11 Jun 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/47

NoS ID

099476

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

American "General Grant" tanks arrive at El Giza in Libya and are demonstrated to British Tank Corps men. They then take over these tanks and put them to the test.

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Grant Tanks Make Tracks for Victory

Date released

11 Jun 1942

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1177

NoS ID

038276

Story no

1 / 3

First shipments of new American tanks, armed with 75s reach front in Libya.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Surprises for Rommel

Date released

11 Jun 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

679A

NoS ID

012305

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Grants. DESCRIPTION: Just before the present Libyan battle Generals Auchinleck and Ritchie were decorated by General Zayonts, Commander of the Polish Forces in the Middle East....

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On the Road to the West

Date released

21 Dec 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/102

NoS ID

099771

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Men of the Grays Regiment in General Grant tanks press forward out of Cyrenaica into Tripolitania. Lieutenant General Freyburg of the New Zealand Division directs operations from the front line and with the...

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Sidelights on the Desert War

Date released

30 Jun 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/52

NoS ID

099502

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Demand exceeds the supply when General Grant tanks go into battle manned by British soldiers. The battle claimed an unusually heavy toll of armoured vehicles of all kinds, and there weren’t enough to...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: According to Plan

Date released

12 Nov 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

701A

NoS ID

012508

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: According to Plan - Middle East. DESCRIPTION: First pictures of the new advance in the Middle East. The Battle of El Alamein, under the leadership of General Montgomery, men from all...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Eighth Army Speeds On

Date released

28 Jan 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

712A

NoS ID

012592

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eighth Army Advance Continues. DESCRIPTION: General Montgomery recently presented medals somewhere in the Libyan desert. Meanwhile the task of bringing forwards supplies continues, as...

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