GENERAL MONTGOMERY'S ORDER OF DAY [Allocated Title]

Log in to create clips, download free screeners and save clips/films in Collections. Click here to find out more.


  • Title: GENERAL MONTGOMERY'S ORDER OF DAY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 331/19/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A senior officer of Lieutenant-General Montgomery's staff reads out the Order of the Day, west of Sirte, Libya.
  • Description: Brigadier Erskine, Brigadier General Staff Army, explains the coming battle to his staff. Erskine with troops in the foreground. He reads the order of the day.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: AYY 331/19/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Jordan, William 'Billy'1918-03-272005 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Erskine, George Watkin Eben James (person) British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sirte, 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: 99; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 331/19/2

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Register