| OUR GREAT ADVANCE - MIDDLE EST OFFENSIVE | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 80 |
| Catalog #: | 316689 | |
| Clip Number: | 316689-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 42/96 | |
| Timecode: | 10:35:02 - 10:38:10 | |
| Location: | Libya | |
| Year Shot: | 1942 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Libya WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Battle, North Africa | |
| Description: | Use Catalog # 268665 for complete story OUR GREAT ADVANCE - MIDDLE EST OFFENSIVE Several shots of Allied tanks moving through the desert in their advance in to Libya. L/S of aircraft overhead. ME 109 aircraft at a dispersal point at Fuka Airfield; they are all partly damaged. Also a Gotha glider that has been pranged. The Union Jack is raised. Soldiers cheer. Men of the desert minesweepers are seen at work, laying tapes and using detectors to clear a path through a minefield. Good footage of infantry advance through heavy shelling and smoke. Captured German and Italian prisoners are led on foot and transported in trucks back towards British lines. Several shots of explosions flashing in a desert night barrage. Daytime barrage with large explosions going off across the desert. An enormous mass of Italian prisoners walk in behind a British tank. | |
WPA FILM LIBRARY
