WADI CHEBIR, LIBYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WADI CHEBIR, LIBYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 306/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 4th Light Armoured Brigade manoeuvre in difficult country in Libya.
  • Description: Soft and armoured vehicles taking a steep slope in a single file. Long lines of transport making their way across the wadi. Vehicles going over rough ground. Transport in a convoy moving through the wadi against a background of hills. Troops drawing water at Wadi Chebir well. The mosque and cemetery.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 306/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) McArdle, T P (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 4th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Wadi Chebir, 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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