Official Films Newsreel Vol. 3 Wwii Tobruk Battle Solomon Islands Dieppe (1942)

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Made for the home market and sold in department stores and by mail order during the war, this 1942 Official Films newsreel features newsreel highlights from 1942 including the Second Battle of Alamein, landings on the Solomon Islands, Dieppe, as well as RAF hedge-hopping missions. It opens with the Second Battle of Alamein (:23). British forces are seen mobilizing in preparation against Marshal Erwin Rommel (:34). Tanks, trucks and troop transports move through a heavily crowded supply line (:36). The British mobilized every man and weapon ( 1:03 ). Ammunition supplies ( 1:08 ). British air power reinforced by American bombers ( 1:14 ) as Rommel had already moved within sight of Alexandria. General Auchinleck’s mechanized columns moved to the west ( 1:25 ). RAF provided air support ( 1:28 ) as the British pursued the Germans and their Italian allies ( 1:33 ). An Italian ( 1:40 ) and Nazi plane ( 1:42 ) are both seen downed. The RAF continued to target Axis columns and the 8th Army ( 2:00 ) propelled forward with tanks. Combat scenes follow with troops running over sand and rock laden terrain throwing grenades ( 2:14 ), tanks sitting wasted and burning ( 2:20 ), and a group of Axis troops surrendering ( 2:34 ). Along the way, British forces collected enemy bombs, some weighing over a thousand pounds ( 2:41 ). British forces west of Alexandria then reorganized ( 2:49 ). A British pilot is seen in flight ( 2:49 ) and bombs spill out from the plane onto the ground below ( 2:59…

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9 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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