Title:THE EIGHTH ARMY IN THE WESTERN DESERT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 293/1-1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activity during the advance of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert.
Description: Dawn shot of a Sherman tank on a ridge a few miles past Agadabia. A 22nd Armoured Brigade squadron leader and crew look through binoculars. An enemy shell can be seen jutting from the armour of the tank. Transport on the main road from Agadabia. Royal Engineers clear the main track of mines.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, 22nd Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Agedabia, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)