THE EIGHTH ARMY ADVANCES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE EIGHTH ARMY ADVANCES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 272/13
  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-11-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 272/13

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