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1946 EGYPT: Closure of wartime military headquarters and construction of new GHQ
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2:04Now PlayingDate: 25th November 1946
Location: Egypt
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: First stages in evacuation from Egypt
EGYPT: Cairo:
General view of Semiramis Hotel (British Military Headquarters). British troops leaving building and loading furniture and office equipment onto lorries and burning wartime documents and maps. Convoy of trucks departing. General view of GHQ Middle East. General Sir Miles Dempsey (Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in Egypt) in office.
Suez Canal Zone: Fayid: Great Bitter Lake:
Site of new British Military GHQ. British Army engineers supervising construction of new camp by German PoWs (Prisoners of War).
Tel-el-Kebir:
Huge army dump containing military equipment such as tyres, vehicles and supplies. Egyptian merchants and dealers bidding at auction sale of former military materiel.
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