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General and Mrs Smuts in Egypt.
Including - US tanks arrive in the Middle East. Field Marshal Smuts arrives in the Western Desert to see his troops in the front line. Return of British and Imperial troops in the front line. Return of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Western Desert News. DESCRIPTION: Our cameraman went out on patrol with troops and there was a chance of relaxation when they reach the oasis of Siwa. SHOTLIST: Shots of cruiser tanks...
US tanks in desert as part of Lease/Lend scheme. [47 ft] Anti-tank guns in use in the desert, and one German tank which came off worse. [55 ft] At a South African Air Force Station in the Western Desert,...
By Order of Air Vice Marshal Cunningham, Officers’ Mess in the desert now becomes Pilots’ Mess also. Says Cunningham: "They take the same risks, give ‘em the same comforts". Tailor’s shop in the...
Mobile bath unit in the Western Desert. [79 ft] * General Auchinleck presents VC. [23 ft]
British troop movements through desert. Arabs at roadside offer them fruit as they pass by in trucks. At desert battlefield 25 pounders continue to pound the enemy, with air co-operation. Italian prisoners...
Royal Corps of Signals in the desert - the men who keep the lines of communication open. When air support is needed to cover an infantry attack field telephones get busy. The fighter planes set off, the...
British troops go out on a desert patrol. They fix bayonets and although under fire from the enemy continue to advance through the smoke.
Mr Churchill wearing civilian clothes and under assumed name arrives at desert airfield and is greeted by General Auchinleck. He begins his tour by visiting South African troops, then talks with a Royal...
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