Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Eighth Army activity in the Western Desert around El Daba, Egypt.
Description: A German cemetery on the roadside at El Daba. Men from a tank regiment inspect one of the headstones. El Daba station: burnt out rolling stock peppered with machine gun bullet holes. A 1st Armoured Division tank advancing through El Daba. Eighth Army transport moving up the coast road through El Daba. Unescorted Italians walking in the direction of Alamein. A British truck retrieved from the Germans, riddled with bullet holes but in good running order.
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)
British Army, 1st Armoured Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: El Daba, 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)
