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Title:RECOVERY OF THE BARBARIAN - TANK RECOVERY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 242/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Recovery and removal of tanks near El Alamein.
Description: I. A Valentine tank stuck in salt marsh near the sea at Alamein. It belongs to 6th Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment, attached to the Royal Armoured Corps.
II. 2nd Lieutenant Henderson holds a discussion with his men of the 4th Lines of Communications (LOC) Recovery Section regarding fixing cables to a damaged Valentine 19 ton tank at Tel el Eisa. A tractor pulls the tank free of the mud. The tank is loaded onto a transporter and the convoy departs for base.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Groom, G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Gloucestershire Regiment, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Armoured Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: El Alamein, Egypt (geography)
Tel el Eisa, Egypt (geography)
El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)