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Title:WESTERN DESERT CAMPAIGN: EL DABA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 272/8
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The town of El Daba in Egypt is recaptured by Allied forces.
Description: AYY 272/8. 7 November. A Union Jack flying from the mosque at El Daba after the town's recapture. The wreckage of a German truck. Cooking utensils and other equipment abandoned in haste by the enemy. The ruins and the railway station on a wet morning. Wreckage of a German car. The wreckage of German and Italian vehicles on the coast road around Fuka, including a Messerschmitt 109. Wrecked petrol cans.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: El Daba, 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)