It was a Solid Killing Match

Delia created music and effects known as "It Was a Solid Killing Match" for a 55-minute BBC film Monty Returns to El Alamein, an outside broadcast for TV produced by Ray Colley for which the "Film and music editor" credit goes to Norman Matthews but Delia is never mentioned.

In the programme, Field Marshall Montgomery returns to the battle fields of El Alamein and describes the conditions they lived through and the tactics used to win this key battle of World War II. He also mentions his view of “national and personal tastes in fighting” in which “Australians like a "solid killing match".”

The programme is the cover story of Radio Times issue #2292 for programmes broadcast from 14-20th Oct 1967 and its catalogue entry at the Imperial War Museum reads:

Main title: MONTY RETURNS TO EL ALAMEIN
Catalogue number: PMM 16
Production date: 1967-10-19
Place made: GB
Creator: BBC Television (Production company)
         Colley, Ray (Production individual)

Track list

The film contains the following music and composited effects. The dissolvences and scene changes are obviously Delia's work; other parts may be hers or may have been assembled by the film and sound editor.

• 00:15-01:44 Intro

• 02:46-05:34 It Was A Solid Killing Match

The accompanying video alternates between scenes of Cairo and scenes of marching Nazis, followed by war scenes and finally shots of the dead.

• 12:46-13:08 Dissolvence

• 17:35-17:43 Dissolvence (same as before, but worse quality)
• 22:49-24:16 A Tremendous Artillery Crash

• 36:10-36.20 Tel-el-Aqqaqir scene change

• 43:32-43:53 Rommel Smashed in Battle (also present at the end of the Intro)

Availability

• Broadast on the 19th October 1967 on BBC1.
• The BBC Sound Archive tape TRW 6718 is missing.
• The film
• The copy on 16mm film at the Imperial War Museum has been digitized but is not yet viewable on their web site. “The Film Archive offers a limited bespoke viewing and copying service for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, students and filmmakers involved with the IWM Short Film Festival. For details of these services and expert advice on accessing the IWM film collection for such purposes please contact film@iwm.org.uk IWM is a charity, and we depend on supporters like you to help us care for and display our exceptional collections. Please donate today.”