INDIAN FORCES IN THE ATTACK; WESTERN DESERT OFFENSIVE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INDIAN FORCES IN THE ATTACK; WESTERN DESERT OFFENSIVE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 225/5-7
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Action in the Western Desert.
  • Description: Crashed Stuka plane with pilot's body burning under fuselage. Troops from the 8th Indian Brigade advance in the background with a Bren carrier. Close up of burning body. Italian POW being escorted by patrol cars of the 12th Lancers in a dust storm. Column of Italian POWs moving past. Yorkshire gunners moving up into action. South Notts Hussars firing a 25 pounder gun at an enemy target. German ammunition truck on fire after being bombed. A Junkers 87 B Stuka shot down. Intelligence Officer Captain P Townsend examining a pile of captured German matériel. Lieutenant General Frank Messervy, Lieutenant-Colonel Phyman and Major Richardson were captured but escaped; they appear in battle dress, having removed their badges of rank.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-05-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Murray, J A C (Production individual) Windows, J C (Production individual) Flack (Sergeant) (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 420 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 225/5-7

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