BATTLE NEAR TOBRUK, LIBYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BATTLE NEAR TOBRUK, LIBYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 229
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Fighting in the Gazala sector. South African artillery engaging enemy transport moving towards mine field. South African 4.7-inch Howitzers engaging enemy transport. Visit of General Ramsden to Brigadier Wilkinson, 32nd Tank Brigade, on northern edge of the "Cauldron". Fighting on 13 June: locations given on dope sheet as "Hagiag" (possibly Haggag el Aqaba), "Rigel" and Acroma. Sandstorms churned up by the tanks.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 229
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-06-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Graham, E A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Ramsden, William Havelock Chaplin (person) South African Army (regiment/service) British Army, 32nd Tank Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Gazala, Libya (geography) Acroma, 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: 922 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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