DEFENCE / EGYPT: World War 2: Winston Churchill visits Eighth Army (1942)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit First pictures of Prime Minister’s visit to Eighth Army. Meetings with Field Marshal Smuts and? Full Description: EGYPT: Western Desert: EXT Plane just arrived in desert / Man saluting Winston Churchill (British wartime Prime Minister) / Churchill pointing and raises hat to camera as past Churchill walking through lines of South African soldiers / ’ALAMEIN’ sign / Soldier setting fuses on shells / 4.5 gun fires / gun being loaded / Churchill pan to gun crew / Churchill working gun / GVs showing Quatara Depression / foot stepping into marsh / GV showing barbed wire and skull and crossbones sign ’MINES KEEP OUT’ / concealed gun position / Australian soldiers cheering as Churchill’s car passes / Churchill walking past Aussies / Churchill into mess of RAF tent for lunch Churchill at table / Churchill drinking gla