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1942 DEFENCE / EGYPT: World War 2: Winston Churchill visits Eighth Army
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1:28Now PlayingDate: 24th August 1942
Location: WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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GV salt marshes at Quatara Depression / Indians lined up with armoured cars / Wavell inspecting Indian troops lined up in desert / Wavell talking to Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder / General Smutts and Churchill sitting in garden / Wavell sitting down with Sukander Hayat Khan K.C.B. - Premier of the Punjab - and Churchill / Sir Miles Lampson with baby son Victor Lampson
Personalities - Politicians; Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Personalities - Armed Forces; Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Sir Henry Harwood (1888-1950); World War II (Second World War)
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