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| Accession Number | F01308 |
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 61 min 23 sec |
| Object type | Documentary |
| Physical description | 35mm/b&w/sound |
| Maker |
Macdonald, David Army Film and Photographic Unit RAF Film Production Unit |
| Place made | United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Desert victory
Description
The 8th Army's push against and the driving back of Rommel through the desert. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.
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Video of Desert victory (video)
Related information
Conflicts
Events
Places
- Africa: Egypt, Alexandria
- Africa: Egypt, Cairo
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Benghazi
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Cyrene
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Tripolitana
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Sidi Barrani
Subjects
- 25 Pounder guns
- 3.7 inch guns
- 5.5 inch guns
- 6 Pounder anti tank guns
- 88 mm guns
- Aircraft crashes and wrecks
- Armoured cars
- Bombardment
- Boston aircraft
- Bren guns
- Bristol Beaufighter
- Bristol Blenheim
- Churchill tanks
- Crusader tanks
- Desert operations
- Flak
- General Grant tanks
- German tanks (WW2 period)
- Half tracks
- Hawker Hurricane
- Junkers JU87
- Messerschmitt aircraft
- Minefields
- Parades
- Prisoners of war
- Sherman tanks
- Strafing
- Submarines
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Torpedoes
- Valentine tanks
- Vehicle crashes and wrecks
- Vickers guns
- Victory celebrations
- Visits by commanding officers
- War graves
- Weapons production