COMMANDER IN CHIEF INSPECTS CAPTURED RUSSIAN ANTI-TANK GUN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: COMMANDER IN CHIEF INSPECTS CAPTURED RUSSIAN ANTI-TANK GUN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 244-4-1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: General Sir Claude Auchinleck inspects a Russian 7.62mm anti-tank gun captured by the Australian Army. With him is Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Major-General Dorman-Smith.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 244-4-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-07-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Groom, G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre (person) Dorman-Smith, Eric Edward (person) British Army (regiment/service) Australian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tel el Eisa, Egypt (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: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    AYY 244-4-1

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