Item title reads - Indian troops in Africa. Various shots of Indian troops at desert march past. C/U Commander in Chief, Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck making speech. He praises the Indian and Commonwealth troops in action. Various shots of Indian troops in the desert, on trucks and foot. Flashbacks to the part they played in Somaliland. More shots of them ready for action, some good C/U's. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British
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