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A Desert Rat Salutes Them 1946
Description
Title reads: "A Desert Rat Salutes Them".
El Alamein Anniversary Reunion.
Various shots of the reunion of the 'Desert Rats' at the 4th anniversary of the battle of El Alamein. Panning shot of ex-servicemen of the 8th army listening as Doreen Harris sings 'Lilli Marlene' (Doreen Harris...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 46003
- Sort Number:
- 46/086
- Time in/Out:
- 01:55:10:00 / 01:57:27:00
- Canister:
- 46/86
- Film ID:
- 1412.37
- Issue Date:
- 28/10/1946
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