WESTERN DESERT WEST OF EL DABA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WESTERN DESERT WEST OF EL DABA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 286/1-2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 2nd Armoured Brigade advancing through Sidi Shibub.
  • Description: German prisoners walking back from the line as tanks of the 2nd Armoured Brigade move up. A dead Italian soldier. A captured German anti-tank gun. Twenty five pounders drawn by quads move forwards past guns. Allied tanks passing over the railway line at Sidi Shibub (Sheikh Sidi Shebib), west of El Daba.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-11-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Rodwell (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) British Army, 2nd Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sheikh Sidi Shebib, Egypt (geography) 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: 100 ft (ca); Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 286/1-2

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