Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:General Montgomery in the Western Desert.
Description:General Montgomery studies a map of the battle area with Lieutenant-General Lumsden and Lieutenant-General Leese outside his forward area dugout. He walks to his tank for a cup of coffee before going forward into the battle. He climbs onto his Grant tank and scans the horizon with binoculars. He is called to the telephone and has to return to his dugout. The new Priest 105mm gun mounted on the chassis of a Grant tank fires. The Queen's Bays Regiment of the 2nd Armoured Brigade are heavily shelled while waiting to engage the German armour. The 7th Armoured Division moving up through the minefields with their commander General Harding in the leading tank.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:AYY 272/2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (AYY 272/2)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1942-11-03-1942-11-03
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Flack, Jack (Production individual)
