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Mav— June, 1943
THE CINETECHNICIAN
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lowest circles of hell. There was no question of using telescopic sights for the desert haze limits normal visibility to half a mile and this is greatly reduced by the smoke and dust of battle. Yiy nightfall up to four hundred tanks had been destroyed, and in the hours of darkness, R-ommel pulled out — the great pursuit had begun. Music : Narrator: November the 8th — Mersa Matrub ; November the 9th — Sidi Barrani ; November the 10th — Halfaya Pass ; November the 11th — Solium.
Music : X/F Lorries and Tanks : in Foreground Lorry Slows to Stop • Voice : " D.R., do you know if we're in Tobruk yet?"
D.R. : " Must be. Some chaps were taking moving pictures of it when I left."
Lorry Up and Off :
Narrator: But desert fighting is not all action nor do the cameramen expect to shoot a high speed drama every day. They know how to find good camera stories in the work behind the lines, the dressing stations, the superb organisation of supplies, the maintaining of communications over hundreds of miles while positions change every half minute.
By November the 20th, the Eighth Army was in Benghazi and here it paused to build up sup
plies for the next big advance.
Major : " What pictures have you got this morning, Sergeant? "
A.F.U. 8: "Nothing to film here, sir, except the brewery — and that's empty."
Major : " Well, you get down to the docks right away. The Navy'U be in any minute now with petrol and water."
A.F.U. 8: "Bight, sir."
Int. Off. 2: "Excuse me, Major, we've got a prisoner who might interest you. He's the Officer Commanding your rival unit, the German propaganda company."
Major : " Really. I'd like to see him, Stiffy. I'll be across right away .... (fade)
Major: (fade in) "How d'you find things out here ? ' '
German : " Oh, pretty much the same as you do I expect. The desert's the same for both sides. You know a good picture is like a well of fresh water — -it is there but you have to know how to find it."
Major: "I couldn't agree with you more."
Laughter and Quick F/O : Narrator: In retreat the Germans kept only two cameramen in the front line whereas British cameramen are with the fighting troops both in
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