Fall Of Halfaya 1942

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Titles read: "FALL OF HALFAYA - FIRST PICTURES".

Halfaya, Egypt.

Various shots of South African signallers using a heliograph to signal across Sollum Bay. M/S of artillery firing on Sollum. British troops run through ruins and out marches lines of prisoners from Sollum. General view...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43630
Sort Number:
42/012
Time in/Out:
01:57:19:00 / 02:00:39:00
Canister:
42/12
Film ID:
1316.34
Issue Date:
09/02/1942

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