REME (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REME (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 318/1-2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Second of three similar films on the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), here working on tanks at 8th Armoured Brigade workshops near Sirte, Libya.
  • Description: Men at work on the 13 cylinder Nuffield Liberty engine of a Crusader Mark II. The tank on a test with the new engine. It passes the test and is handed over to men from the Royal Tank Regiment who take it back to the regiment.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 318/1-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Windows, J C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 8th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sirte, 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: 300 ft (ca); Running time: 3 mins
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    AYY 318/1-2

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