| TORBRUK - 1941 - 1942 (aka TOBRUK - GERMANS IN THE DESERT) Rommel and his German troops on the move in North Africa. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7523 |
| Catalog #: | 494664 | |
| Clip Number: | 494664-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 185 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:08 - 01:17:48 | |
| Location: | North Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: North Africa MILITARY: Army, German PERSONALITIES: Rommel, Erwin WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Battle, North Africa | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 316684 German film on the war in North Africa, 1941. Rommel's Afrika Korps offensive. Captured German film Long lines of troops (retreating Italians????) walking along road through desert. Map showing north coast of Libya and Egypt. GV desert w/ oil fires in distance. MLS rear view of Rommel standing in staff car looking through binoculars toward smoke in BG; 2 other men with him. MS Rommel stands in back of staff car as officer looks toward harbor; pan. Various CUs/MSs captured British officers talk to Rommel etc, all standing around in HQ office. MLS shot pan w/ German half-track truck pulling gun. LS / MSs German artillery firing. CUs barbed wire in desert. Tanks and trucks passing. Hi angle view from ridge of an army encampment near shore. Another hi angle view looking toward water. MS sign "HQ Sollum (L of C) Sub Area" in front of abandoned buildings. LS pan on long line of tanks snaking across the desert. MLS rear view tank on rocky hill. MS Rommel stands in car directing things. LS shirtless artillery officer gives signal and guns fire. Shots of Tanks passing. MS gun crew loading shell. LS armored vehicles and soldiers on foot advancing. GV tanks crossing desert, explosions not far away. CU 2 officers watching battle through binoculars, from beside a rocking artillery gun. LSs burning tank. Low angle MS Rommel pointing as he talks to officer. MLS of damaged tank w/ name "Rosemary" painted on side...close shots of this nickname and other details...(also has "T.7299"). Sweeping pan of desert area littered w/ battle junk, smoke still coming from some places, and a long line of prisoners walking across the sand. Various shots of British prisoners walking past, coming toward cam in a great crowd stretching across desert; low angle MS of some hiding their faces as they pass cam. CU/MCUs Black African colonial troops sitting. MS armored vehicles passing camera. | |
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