Official Films of 1942 Vol. 3 Battle of El Alamein Tobruk Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Dieppe Sound Version 8472 (1942)
1942 · Short film · 9 min
Synopsis
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 and will show footage from WW2 including the Second Battle of Alamein, the landings on the Solomon Islands, as well as the RAF hedge-hopping missions. It opens with the Second Battle of Alamein which pitted the Allied forces against the Axis powers from October to November of 1942 in Egypt (:23). British forces are seen mobilizing in preparation for their final stand 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…
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- San Paulo
- Second Battle
- Solomon Islands
- Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Solomon Islands Marine
- Marine General Vandergrift
- Dieppe Raid
- English Commando
- Royal Navy Destroyer
- Stock Footage
