MONTY REVIEWS THE RETREAT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MONTY REVIEWS THE RETREAT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 331/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: General Montgomery at a ceremonial parade in Tripoli, Libya.
  • Description: The massed pipe band of the Highland Division arriving in the square. The band marching up and down. Lieutenant-General Montgomery arrives for the Changing of the Guard. The crowd watching. The band marches up the street.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 331/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Morris, R H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person) British Army, 51st Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tripoli, 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: 425 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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