Western Desert

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

65

Date Released

3 Aug 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News from America
2. 2News from England
3. 320th May 1942
4. 4Western Desert

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

General Auchinleck sees things at first hand; drives in jeep to see desert convoy carrying food and ammunition, mechanical communications and signals operation (field switchboard seen in action) during an alarm. (Royal Corps of Signals).

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Communications; 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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