3-023-769 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

A Train Carrying American Tanks, 1942. Second World War. 'What Monty needed were the tools to do the job, and only in American factories was there an output to match his demand at this time of crisis'. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, nicknamed 'Monty', was commander of the British Eighth Army during the Western Desert campaign. From "Time To Remember - The End Of The Beginning", 1942 (Reel 3); documentary film about events of 1942 and America's entry into the war.