EIGHTH ARMY CHRISTMAS DAY CHURCH SERVICE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EIGHTH ARMY CHRISTMAS DAY CHURCH SERVICE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 305/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Christmas service on the beach between Agheila and Nofelia, Libya.
  • Description: The parade assembles. General Sir H Alexander and Lieutenant-General Montgomery arrive. The service is attended by army and navy personnel and is conducted by the Reverend R H Royle of St Mark's, Swindon. The musical accompaniment and singing is provided by the RAF.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 305/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Herbert, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person) Alexander, Harold (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) (person) Royle, Ronald Harold (person) British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Marble Arch, Libya (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: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins
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