ALAMEIN LINE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ALAMEIN LINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 247
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The South African Engineer Corps at Alamein.
  • Description: AYY 247/1. 30 July. 1st Field Company, South African Engineer Corps clear a path through a minefield to an Infantry tank. The territory had been recently recaptured. The following morning men from the Tank Recovery Section retrack the tank and remove it on a transporter to a repair workshop. AYY 247/2. 1 August. Units of the South African Engineer Corps with the Indian Labour Corps repair the main coast road at Alamein, worn by heavy traffic. The holes are cleaned with a jet of steam then tarred stone is put on top. Shot of General Claude Auchinleck.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-07-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Graham, E A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre (person) South African Army, South African Engineer Corps, 1st Field Company (regiment/service) Indian Army (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: 746 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 247

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