North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
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Australian War Memorial
War photographer and cinematographer Frank Hurley shot this silent film on 29 September 1942 in the Alamein sector where Salvation Army Padre Commissioner Bill Tibbs was leading a service in the sandhills.
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