Quattara Depression - 01/07/1942 (1942)

Quattara & El Alamein Egypt.
General view along the ridge of the depression at Quattara. Various shots showing the make up of depression. A soldier's boot is seen to sink into the boggy sand.
Various shots of excavators and bulldozers working. Sign is seen reading 'Mines Keep Out'. Various shots of the deserted railway station at El Alamein. Various shots showing part of the Eighth Army camp in the desert between Quattara and El Alamein. Several shots of the lorries, sea, sand.
FILM ID:1809.12
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