| INSIDE TOBRUK - AUSTRALIAN TROOPS Good material in and around Tobruk with troops in the North African desert. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 503141 | |
| Clip Number: | 503141-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 172 D | |
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| Location: | Tobruk, Libya, North Africa. | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Libya MILITARY: Army, Australian WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Misc | |
| Description: | INSIDE TOBRUK - AUSTRALIAN TROOPS Good material in and around Tobruk with troops in the North African desert. Tobruk, Libya, North Africa. MS Small dog guarding Australian soldier's rifle and helmet etc. while he shaves. Two MSs soldiers washing their belongings. VS Troops dug in in desert during lull in fighting. Some relax with cards, others on alert. Troops walk between trenches. Officers review maps. Soldier fires a Thompson sub-machine gun. CU note pad with V = Vittoria written on it. Captured German tank. Various shots of troops moving across desert towards smoke on horizon. Looks like an enemy position has been shelled. Soldiers load and fire artillery piece. MS Indian cook making chapatis in desert. VS of Indian soldiers in desert. MS Crew cleaning Anti-aircraft gun. MS Gun pit crew at alert. VS Gun crew posing with a sheep for mascot. VS Wrecked enemy planes. MS Soldier walks to a single cross, pauses before continuing past. Shots of wrecked vehicles on road. More shots of wreckage. GV Pan over rough graves MS Soldier walks up to single cross and pauses before continuing past. VS Chaplain giving service and talking to crew grouped round gun. MS Soldier looking at wooden rifles propped against school wall in town. MS Bullet scarred wall of school. MS Minaret, pan down to sign on wall "Out of bounds Musulman Church". Various MSs of troops with brens on watch from windows in town. GV over Tobruk. VS Troops at ease around town of Tobruk. VS Loading supplied into lorries at dockside. MS Two soldiers mounting bren. Various shots, sunken and damaged Italian ships in Tobruk harbour. | |
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