| Accession Number | F07021 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 6 min 38 sec |
| Object type | To be confirmed |
| Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
| Maker |
Military History Section |
| Place made | North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
El Alamein, armoured cars, anti aircraft gunners, prisoners, hospital train
Description
El Alamein area, 1942. Armoured cars in desert country. Anti aircraft gun and crew. Men cooking meal over a petrol stove. Signals unit laying out telephone cable from utility. Group of soldiers run to man an anti aircraft gun. Mobile crane recovering a crashed aircraft. Crashed plane being brought in on transporter. Men working on aircraft. Anti aircraft gunner at his post. Mess parade. POWs behind barbed wire entanglements. Hospital train and moving stretcher cases onboard. A crashed plane and burning wreckage. A spiked roller used in clearing land mines.
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