News on Screen

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

1

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Fleet Sinks an Italian Warship in the Mediterranean
• 2. Egypt Gives Her Loyal Help to Britain
• 3. RAF Raids Libya
• 4. India Helps Guard Britain’s Gateway to the East
• 5. Captured Italian Material [Sic]
• 6. The Commander-In-Chief, General Sir Archibald Wavell, Issues His Order of the Day to the Armies of the Middle East

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

Mobilisation in Egypt. Soldiers on range-finder and loading gun. Sentry on guard by tank barriers, and marching through them. Soldiers manning large gun, firing Bren guns and Louis gun; gun towed by lorry.

Keywords

Weapons; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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