Title:REINFORCEMENTS FOR MIDDLE EAST [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 257/4
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: American tanks being delivered.
Description: General Grant tanks arriving on board the US freighter Hawaiian Shipper at Port Tewfik, Egypt. The tanks are transferred to Z lighters where men from the Royal Tank Regiment unpack them, make adjustments and fill them with petrol and oil. They are then driven to the railhead for transportation to the forward areas.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Berman, Monty1913-08-162006-06-14Second World War cameraman (AFPU); later became a noted film and television producer (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Port Tewfik, Suez, Egypt (geography)
El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
