GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS REPATRIATED TROOPS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS REPATRIATED TROOPS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 427/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Commander-in-Chief visits repatriated prisoners of war at a tea party given at the British Embassy in Cairo.
  • Description: General Montgomery with Lady Lampson and South African, Indian and New Zealand troops. The General at the microphone addressing the troops.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 427/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Chown, L B T (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person) Lampson, Jacqueline Aldine Leslie (person) Lampson, Miles Wedderburn (person) British Army (regiment/service) Indian Army (regiment/service) New Zealand Army (regiment/service) South African Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Cairo, Egypt (geography) British Embassy (geography) 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: 172 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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