BBC Godfrey Talbot Watches Night Tank Battle

This is not resolved but recorded in the desert. The sound you can hear now is the noise of British tanks moving into battle. It's the night of Sunday, Monday, November 1st, 2nd. That is the early hours of the morning.

And now on this desert, with the sand clouds whirling up behind each vehicle, British tanks and large numbers are moving into battle. The shells by the thousands have been pumped into the enemy. And now here we are, beside of one of these desert tracks.

Watching the arms of the eight army go forward to engage the enemy. The moon, just half a moon, is shining down here. The star and I, the overhead, there's not only the moon, but they flare, which have been dropped.

Mr. Shining, down on the desert and illuminating this battleground. The tank after tank is going fast, just a few yards from the microfherms I speak now. One comes to you very clearly, it's rather like being in a park, it isn't either park, but the park is a park of plants because the sand very soft here,

and you can stand as it goes fast, turns up a great cloud.