WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 104 Part 1

Description

Part 1 shows Brit. antitank guns mounted on "Hurricane" fighter planes. The planes take off and strafe Ger. tanks in N. Africa. Part 2, Allied troops in Cairo, Egypt are entertained by magicians, jugglers, and an excursion along the Nile at a party given by Premier Nahas Pasha. Part 3, shows women working in machine shops in the Middle East. Part 4, Air Marshal Tedder deplanes in Malta and is greeted by Viscount Gort. Transports are unloaded in Maletta harbor, peasants work in the fields, and U.S. sailors inspect ruins on the island and fraternize with children. Part 5 shows RAF pilots who downed the service's 1,000th enemy aircraft.

Collection

Records of the Office of War Information

Series

Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels