Eritrea

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

013 (1)

Date Released

10 Mar 1941

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Britain Mightier Yet
2. 2New Governor of Cyrenaica
3. 3Mr Anthony Eden Visits Turkey
4. 4Eritrea
5. *(Untitled record)

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Allied troops maintain forward drive against Italians who are being forced back on all fronts. Allies are within striking distance of the key town of Keren. Wrecked enemy aircraft; prisoners. British, French, Indian and Sudanese troops are involved in the fighting.

Keywords

Colonialism; War damage; Prisoners of war; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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