THEY FLY THROUGH THE SAND [Allocated Title]

Unedited film shot mainly in North Africa during the advance of the 8th Army in the Western Desert.

(Reel 1) Bostons on desert airstrip. Supplies move up the Nile in barges, with dhows in background. RN vessels in Mediterranean repel aerial attack. Tedder, Alexander and Harwood (?) rehearse a joint conference to the camera. Montgomery and Coningham stand outside tent. Camera-gun film of Beaufighters strafing enemy shipping. Bostons bomb desert targets. RAF Kittyhawks with shark's teeth markings (250 Squadron) scramble and perform aerobatics.

(Reel 2) Spitfires scramble. Hurricanes with bombs attached and auxiliary fuel tanks on ground and in flight. Spitfires of 417 Squadron in flight. Bombing up of Kittyhawks of 112 Squadron. USAAF Mitchells bomb desert targets.

(Reel 3) Low level aerial travelling shot of seemingly endless column of supply trucks on desert road. Bostons in flight over the desert and coast.

35mm