SLATE INFORMATION: The Middle East Front Libya June 10th - 30th

NORTH AFRICA / LIBYA (?)
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AEROPLANES GERMAN. blazing german plane in desert

ARMOURED CARS. Indian armoured car unit captures German in Western Desert

CLIFFORD, Alex. (Press Correspondent). Press Correspondent w.Mjr.Gen. Pinaar in Desert

FLAGS. French Foreign Legion flag at Bir Hackim

FRANCE. French Legionaires charge in W.Desert & evacuate Bir Hackim

INDIA. Indian armoured car patrol captures German & car & retreat in Sollum area

LORRIES. Long columns evacuate to Mersa Matruh..block roads..aircraft escort..blazing German truck w.dead driver on ground

MERSA MATRUH. 8th Army w.trucks, tanks, bren carriers retreats to

MOORHEAD, Alan (Press Correspondent). W. Mjr. Gen. Pinaar in Western Desert

DIMBLEBY, Richard (BBC Correspondent) in Western Desert

PINAAR, Major General (South African). W.War Press Correspondents in W.Desert

RED CROSS. Convoy of Red Cross lorries in desert V.G.

SOUTH AFRICA. Mjr. Gen.Pinaar w.Press Correspondents in W.Desert..S.African & Indian Units retreat from Sollum

TANKS. Tank crew broadcasts from Desert..also Grant tanks retreat from Sollum area

TOBRUK. Middle East Front - Libya June 10th - 30th.

WIRELESS Tank crew & Dimbleby broadcast from desert

Military - Active, Western Desert, soldiers, troops, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC men), casualties, first aid posts, Allied forces, tanks, Eighth army, retreat, WW2, Second World War, French Foreign Legion
Background: Footage of Major General Neil Ritchie's British Eighth Army fighting from 10th June to 30th June 1942 in the Western Desert Campaign (Desert War / North African Campaign / Battle of Gazala) and the Fall of Tobruk during World War II.

Good shots.