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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Australian shots for a special edition of War Pictorial News on the theme "Britain has struck". Co-operation of three fighting services. Emphasis on huge number of prisoners. Cruiser San Giorgio burning and other named sunken ships. Entry of Australians into Tobruk.
Description: Men speaking to Italian prisoners. Gunner officers at a map table calculating distances, guns fire in the distance. Close up of gun firing. Various shots of battery firing. Naval gun firing. Close up of men at gun barrel. A car approaches a huge pall of smoke on the horizon above Tobruk. Infantry approaching Tobruk. Smoke over Tobruk and a vessel in the foreground. Infantry approaching burning oil wells. The Italian cruiser «San Giorgio» burning. Australian infantry advance upon a gun position, a burning oil dump is visible in the distance. Italian prisoners surrender with their hands up. Infantry walking along the waterfront, panning shot to derelict Italian ships. The two-funnelled ship «Benetas» [?] sunk in the water. Panning shot of two sunken vessels the «Marco Polo» and the «Serenitas» [?]. Panning shot across the ships and a submarine across the town to the blazing oil wells. Close up shots of fire and smoke from the oil wells. Troops and transport entering Tobruk. Engineers removing a blockade from the main entrance into the town. Men unloading cases from a lorry. Australian guns driving through the gate to the town. Australians by a mast. An Australian cap flying from the masthead. Close up of prisoners. The Italian flag being hauled down. Street sign for Piazza Benito Mussolini. View along the piazza. Street scenes in Tobruk. Australian troops stand near a damaged building. Close up of a large group of Australians grinning and raising their thumbs. Panning shot along sunken shipping in the harbour. Cranes at the dockside. Damaged Italian wireless masts. A soldier with a damaged Italian searchlight.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]