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  1. New Delhi

    Date released
    10 Dec 1945
    Series name
    World Pictorial News
    Issue no
    240
    NoS ID
    156478
    Story no
    3 / 4

    Field Marshal Lord Wavell receives the Legion of Merit from the US. General Auchinleck is awarded a similar decoration. National day in China. Parade of the Army, Navy and Airforce in Hong Kong. The salute...

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  2. 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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  3. India

    Date released
    15 May 1944
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    158
    NoS ID
    156291
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Lord Wavell visits Bombay Province and sees the developing forest area with its rubber trees (war material). He meets local tribesmen (one is 104 old) and is presented with a traditional sword. The hillsmen...

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  4. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Advance in the Western Desert

    Date released
    16 Dec 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    602
    NoS ID
    011354
    Story no
    7 / 7

    The Army of the Nile under the command of General Sir Archibald Wavell has succeeded in driving the Italians back into Libya. Mechanised forces have pushed ashore and cut off enemy divisions attempting to...

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  5. The Battle of Bardia - Mix To

    Date released
    30 Jan 1941
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1035
    NoS ID
    037657
    Story no
    2 / 2
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Paramount cameraman EP Grenock sends further graphic pictures from Western Desert, as Wavell’s army sweeps on past Tobruk.

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  6. Navy Shell Bardia First Pictures

    Date released
    16 Jan 1941
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1031
    NoS ID
    037641
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Co-operating with Wavell’s army, Fleet pounds Italian base. Huge numbers of prisoners pours into Egypt.

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  7. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Middle East Successes

    Date released
    27 Jan 1941
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    608
    NoS ID
    011436
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mixed Patrol Into Abyssinia. DESCRIPTION: The Emperor Haile Selassie has returned to Abyssinia. Kassala has been re-captured and the Italians pursued deep into Eritrea. General Sir...

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  8. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Chindits

    Date released
    31 May 1943
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    730
    NoS ID
    012716
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chindits (Into Burma) A.444. DESCRIPTION: The "Chindits" are a specially trained force of British, Gurkhas and Burmese who have penetrated over three hundred miles into Japanese...

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  9. Nation’s Last Tribute to Lord Wavell

    Date released
    12 Jun 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1097
    NoS ID
    016462
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord Wavell’s Funeral. DESCRIPTION: After a private service in the Tower of London for family mourners, the coffin containing Lord Wavell’s mortal remains was borne out by men of...

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  10. Movietone’s War Time News - Described by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Churchill to Moscow Via Egypt

    Date released
    24 Aug 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    690
    NoS ID
    012408
    Story no
    2 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill to Moscow Via Egypt Churchill in Cairo. DESCRIPTION: During his stay in Egypt the Prime Minister inspected men of the Eighth Army. Important meetings were held in Cairo, but...

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