Gaumont British Ident

SLATE INFORMATION: Further Despatches from Egypt

EGYPT: Various:
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AEROPLANES, American. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER BOMBERS get ready & take off in Western Desert


COOKING & COOKING UTENSILS ETC. Cooks make flap-jacks for troops in W. Desert.. troops rush to get food etc.


GERMANY - MILITARY. Wrecked German planes & tanks on Hill of Jesus in W. Desert


MILITARY BRITISH. Linesmen at work on overhead wires in W.Desert..at work in lorry & running new cable..works under fire.. reunion of men who escaped from Tobruk..various regts. & a N.Zealander..wrecked German tanks & planes on Tel el Eisa..armoured car reports enemy movement..telephone (field) at work..Kittyhawk fighter bombers get ready & take off..more Italian prisoners..cooking


PRISONERS OF WAR. More Italian prisoners taken in Western Desert


TELEPHONE Desert linesmen at work in W. Desert..in lorry ..on overhead wires..lay cable..field telephone at work


Military - Active

telephone, phone, wire, line, El Alamein, wreckage, battlefield, POW, prisoner of war, linesman, WWII
Background: British linesman in the Middle East keeps communications open in the midst of battle, troops cook their own meals, escaped troops from Tobruk, wreckage of german planes in Egypt, and armoured cars and bombers respond quickly