IMPORTATION OF CEREALS; COMMANDER IN CHIEF VISITING INDIAN TROOPS; ENSA FILM SHOW AT DESERT CAMP
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 194/5-7).
Synopsis
26 Feb 1942. Wheat bags at Port Tewfik, Egypt. Labourers carrying bags.
26 Feb 1942. Commander in Chief visiting No 8 Reinforcement Camp, Mena. Inspecting buildings and soldiers' tent. Also visits the Vice Commanding Officer's houseboat.
26 Feb 1942. ENSA party arriving at Mena Camp. ENSA girls and a fatigue party erect the stage. Various shots from the show, entitled Girls in Uniform. Shots of the mixed audience of British, Australian, Rhodesian and Indian troops.
Notes
Summary: ENSA sequence shot primarily for "War Pictorial News".
Titles
- IMPORTATION OF CEREALS; COMMANDER IN CHIEF VISITING INDIAN TROOPS; ENSA FILM SHOW AT DESERT CAMP (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1942
- Running Time:
- 10 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 946 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Crapper, G (Sergeant)
- cameraman
- Hopkinson (Sergeant)
- cameraman
- Ostinelli (Sergeant)
- Production company
- War Office Film Unit
