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First Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, in World War II
Opening scene of "Desert Victory" shows vast desert in area of El Alamein Western Egypt, during World War 2. Several British Army officers and men gather around a Humber Mk II armoured car serving as an improvised field command post. A soldier holds an aiming compass. Troops attending to themselves and their equipment, being annoyed by flies. Stripped to the waist in desert daytime heat, soldiers are seen huddled in sleeping bags during cold nights. View of approaching sand storm as it rolls over troop positions. Views of German armored columns moving through the desert. Closeup of passing German Army SdKfz. 7 half-track carrying six soldiers. German army vehicles speeding past the camera. One towing a 10.5 cm leFH 18 light howitzer. A Sd.Kfz.222 armored car. A German Stug III self-propelled assault gun. Closeup of a formation flight of German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers. Closeup of individual Stuka, in flight, with pilot and gunner visible. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel seen standing in an open car, accompanying his armored forces. He turns to look as they pass a knocked out British tank. Animated map showing El Alamein, where Rommel was headed with his forces. Highlights of the nearby areas of interest. A shepherd and flock in the Nile delta. View from the air of Al Rifa'i Mosque and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, in Cairo, Egypt. Panning view of waterfront in Alexandria, Egypt. View of the Suez Canal. Animated map returns to El Alamein. Barbed wire strung along the Mediterranean coast. Hills overlooking the Quattara Depression and closeups of its salt marsh that vehicles cannot cross. British troops moving toward El Alamein in trucks. British General Claude Auchinleck taking personal charge of the 40 mile front. British troops preparing defensive positions, using pickaxes, jackhammers, and shovels. They dig deep trenches and lay protective mines, set up machinegun positions and anti-aircraft batteries. Closeup of a British soldier manning a Vickers medium machinegun. Soldiers laying camouflage netting over defensive position. General Auchinleck standing in a vehicle, looks through binoculars. British gunners begin firing 25 pounder field pieces. German General Rommel, standing in his staff car, directs his officers. German gunners begin returning fire toward the British positions. German Ju 97 Stuka dive bombers attack and British anti-aircraft gunners defend against them. Bombs striking in the sand. A British gunner marks a 10th victory on the barrel of his anti-aircraft gun. In August, British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, is seen visiting and mingling with troops at the front. Churchill stands with General Sir Harold Alexander the new Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command and Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, new Commander of the 8th Army. Copy of directive to General Alexander, ordering him to defeat Rommel's forces.
President Nasser of Egypt bids farewell to Syria's Shukri Al Quwatli, in Cairo. Also King Hussein and King Saud at cavalry demonstration.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, bids farewell to President Shukri al-Quwatli, of Syria. They walk past an honor guard at Cairo airport in Egypt. Other dignitaries stand behind them. President Quwalti boards an airplane. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Al Rafael, arrives in Jordan after being recalled from Cairo, by his government. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan, stand in a reviewing stand, under a canopy, King Hussein in Air Force uniform, salutes. They watch a display of equestrian horsemanship by Arab cavalry. King Saud presents King Hussein the gift of an Arabian steed horse.
Franklin D Roosevelt entertains Churchill, King Farouk, King Ibn Saud aboard a ship following the Yalta conference.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other officials at a conference in Alexandria, Egypt, during World War 2. On February 12th Roosevelt flies to Egypt with an escort of fighter planes and lands at an airport. The President's daughter, Mrs Boettiger (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger) steps off the plane, first. Insignia of the United States. President Roosevelt leaves by car for Great Bitter Lake on the Suez canal to board the warship which awaits him. The sailors salute King Farouk of Egypt when he visits Franklin D Roosevelt on the warship. Roosevelt and the King and his officials take lunch on the ship. The flag of the United States. Roosevelt and King Farouk seated. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrives and greets Roosevelt and his daughter. The President and the Emperor sit and talk. Next day another warship arrives. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, his sons and entourage. The King (also called King Abdulaziz) is escorted aboard to meet U.S. President and other officials. The sailors salute. Arab chieftains accompanying him seated on the deck. The King's four sons sit with Roosevelt. Colonel William A Eddy a retired Marine officer U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia acts as interpreter. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia returns to his ship and leaves. Roosevelt leaves for Alexandria. At Alexandria British Prime Minister Churchill and his daughter join Roosevelt on the ship for further talk. As he came aboard he is greeted by Admiral William D. Leahy. Mr Harry Hopkins already on ship. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off and joins them, then ambassador Winant joined they are greeted. Officials pose for a photograph.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser stand in a balcony of a building in Cairo.
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo, Egypt. Jawaharlal Nehru and the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser stand in a balcony of a building in Cairo and talk. Flags of India and Egypt. Nehru, Nasser and other dignitaries climb down stairs.
German Afrika Korps socialize with Egyptians during a feast in Siwa Oasis (WW2)
Map showing Egypt, Libya and the Mediterranean Sea in German during World War II. . German Afrika Korps troops mobilize to El Alamein, Egypt. Afrika Korps anti-aircraft gun vehicles and Kübelwagen move in the Sahara Desert. A German soldier uses binoculars to observe surroundings. Houses in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Axis armored column entering Siwa. A Kübelwagen drives past palm trees. A German 8-Wheeled Heavy Armored Car Sd.Kfz.232 follows afterwards. A car that appears to have been heavily modified for desert travel is seen. Egyptian men raise their hands as they watch the arrival of the armored column. Afrika Korps soldiers build a desert trench with sandbags. They assemble and adjust a 37mm flak gun. A soldier sorts shells. German soldiers attend a feast given by the Egyptian sheik of Siwa. A servant scoops and serves soup in bowl. Egyptian locals and German soldiers dine together. A man pours coffee from a Dallah coffee pot. A German soldier and an Egyptian man (with bandaged hand) talk to one another during the feast. Egyptian man offers grapes to Axis soldiers. Soldier eating grapes. Man carries a large box of grapes. A man and two boys load boxes of produce at the back of a truck. Shadow of a German soldier taking off his clothes. German soldier taking off his shoes. Nude German soldiers dive and swim in the lake of the Oracle.
Royal gold furniture of Queen of Egypt Ankhesenamen at her father's house in Egypt.
A scientific documentary depicts ancient Egypt. Royal furniture at Queen of Egypt Ankhesenamen's father's house. Tomb furniture made of wood and polished with pure gold. Carvings and hooks on the bed. A royal palanquin made of gold. Inscriptions and paintings on the sides of the palanquin.
