PALESTINE / EGYPT: Indian and Australian troops in desert / Gunfight in Western Front (1940)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit World War Two battle action, including Australian forces arriving in Palestine, Indians fighting in Egypt and gun battle in Europe on the Western Front. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Two empires on guard in the East PALESTINE: Troops from 2nd Australian Imperial Force marching along and in convoy of armoured lorries and column of military motorcycles through desert past small children watching. EGYPT: Members of Indian Army firing rifles in desert. Tank along in desert. Infantrymen defending hillside and shooting as enemy advances. General Maxime Weygand (Then Allied Commander in Middle East) along with another French officer and away in official car. LOCATION UNKNOWN Tanks and big guns in battlefield action in Europe and army at Maginot line including press photographer at work under fire from enemy artil