Title:THE EIGHTH ARMY ADVANCE TOWARDS MERSA MATRUH [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 272/23
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activity in the Western Desert.
Description: Eighth Army transport moving over flooded roads on the road to Mersa Matruh. A shell falling on the Matruh perimeter. Armoured cars and a machine gun firing. Infantry running into position.
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: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mersa Matruh, Egypt (geography)
El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
