LEASE AND LEND (CANADIAN AID) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LEASE AND LEND (CANADIAN AID) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 234/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Canadian Lease Lend supplies of lorry parts being unloaded by Egyptian dock workers by the Suez Canal.
  • Description: Crates being lifted by cranes. Tyres being moved by crane. Dock workers opening the crates. Workers opening crate with a hammer. Various shots of cranes lifting goods. Workers using a crowbar to open crates. Further shots of goods being moved by crane. Tracking shot of the assembly yard. A line of lorry chassis. Chassis being assembled. A line of assembled lorries. Lorries being towed from the shed. Officers inspecting lorries. A lorry at the maintenance depot. A lorry being filled with petrol. British officers supervising Egyptian workers. Close up of tyres being attached. Crates are brought ashore from a ship. The words 'Ford. Made in Canada' on a crate. Crates being lowered onto barges. Crate being lowered onto a railway truck. A convoy of lorries passing.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-04-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Crapper, G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Suez Canal, Egypt (geography) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) North African Campaign 1942-1943 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 888 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • Notes: Commentary on dope sheet 234/3. This is shot sheet AYY 234/3/1.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 234/3

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