New LRDG Book: "Incident at Jebel Sherif"

[Rob Beale]

I found a DVD of the only LRDG movie, made in 1958, staring Richard Attenborough. It was in the bookshop of the Imperial War Museum at Stg 6.99. Its zone 2, but works on my zone 4 player in NZ.

The logo on the case is ITV, but I can't find it on www.itv.com


The trucks they use in the film are Dodges, made up to look like the late model Chevs, and some of the details are suspect:

The germans have US half tracks (of course), and the german tanks look like Pz III but could be painted pictures as they are in the background of one scene only

The trucks are marked as T patrol, yet have mixed crews including Guardsmen and just a single kiwi soldier!

His "lemon squeezer" is wrong, worn with the valley to the front, instead of the ridge. In fact it looks like an american army campaign hat !

Overall its a good yarn, typical of the post war era black and white war movies.

Rob