THE EL ALAMEIN LINE [Allocated Title]



  • Title: THE EL ALAMEIN LINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 241/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Action near El Alamein.
  • Description: Loading and firing of 4.5-inch guns of the 68th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. A Stuka dive bombs the road at Alamein. Grant and Honey tanks of the Royal Scots Greys with 6-pounder anti-tank guns move forwards along the sand dunes south of the Alamein Box.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-07-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Graham, E A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 68th Medium Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Alamein, Egypt (geography) El Alamein 1942, 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: 300 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes: Technical: AYY 241/1, AYY 241/2 and AYY 241/3 are all held on the same reel.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 241/3

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