Epic Advance

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1226
Date Released
30 Nov 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Epic Advance
  2. 2Trailer: "Is Your Journey Necessary?"

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Summary
Further pictures of the Eighth Army triumph. 1. Night bombardment preceding first attack. 2. Bombing of enemy supply lines. 3. Storming of Halfaya Pass. 4. Capture of General Thoma. 5. Four hundred mile advance of huge army to Benghazi and beyond. Never in newsreel history has any military campaign been so exhaustively reported.
Keywords
War damage; Military; Newsreels
Library number
12508
Length of story (in feet)
886

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email
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Web
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Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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