INVASION EXERCISE [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: INVASION EXERCISE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 255/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Exercise at Mombasa, Kenya.
  • Description: 121 Force scale the cliff face, defended by the King's African Rifles. Lieutenant-Colonel M M Alston-Roberts-West is commanding the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Exercise at the causeway connecting Mombasa to the mainland. The other British officers present are Brigadier F W Festing; Lieutenant-Colonel D J Dean VC, Pioneer Corps; Lieutenant-Colonel Stockwell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Major-General R G Sturges; Rear Admiral W G Tennant and Admiral Sir James F Somerville.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-08-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Rottner, G H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Somerville, James Fownes (person) Sturges, Robert Grice (person) Alston-Roberts-West, Michael (person) Festing, Francis Wogan (person) Dean, Donald John (person) Stockwell, Hugh Charles (person) Tennant, William George (person) British Army (regiment/service) British Army, King's African Rifles (regiment/service) British Army, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Mombasa, Kenya (geography) East Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 294 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 255/1

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