Title:FOREIGN LEGION AND FREE FRENCH HOSPITAL UNIT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 192/6
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: French Foreign Legion firing French 75mm gun and 8mm heavy machine gun on the Gazala Line. French commander telephoning in trench. Junker Ju 88 dive bomber brought down and seen burning on the ground. Hadfield Spears Mission Hospital and Operating Theatre run by the Free French. Two sisters, Mrs Smith (Australian) and Madame Bouterne. There is a female doctor, Madame Asquins. Stretcher bearers bring a patient into the operating theatre, Mrs Smith prepares the instruments, Madame Asquins gives the anaesthetic and the surgeon (Colonel Fechand) begins the operation.
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
