WAR MINISTER BRIGG ARRIVES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WAR MINISTER BRIGG ARRIVES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 483/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Minister for War arrives in Cairo.
  • Description: Sir James Grigg leaves the plane with General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. They are welcomed by General Stone, General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt and General Lindsell. Sir James Grigg enters his car.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 483/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-06-21
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Windows, J C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Grigg, James (person) Wilson, Henry Maitland 'Jumbo' (person) Lindsell, Wilfred Gordon (person) Stone, Robert Graham William Hawkins (person)
  • Keywords: Cairo, Egypt (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: 130 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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