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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Eighth Army arrives in Matruh.
Description: After destroying a strongpost at the Matruh perimeter, armoured forces of the Eighth Army make a gap in the minefield and the first tank goes over the anti-tank barrier followed by the rest of the brigade. Tanks in the main street of Mersa Matruh. General Gatehouse enters the town in his tank and watches the other tanks. Two sunken supply ships in the harbour.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Flack (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gatehouse, Alexander Hugh (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mersa Matruh, Egypt (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)