ALLIED FORCES IN GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA [Allocated Title]



  • Title: ALLIED FORCES IN GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 283/1-1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: British troops in Giovanni Berta, Libya, after the Italian retreat.
  • Description: Father Lorenzo Gaggino, the only Italian left in the town on the arrival of British troops, coming down the steps of his church. He converses with British officers. They are joined by a local woman trying to sell eggs. A mud-spattered portrait of Mussolini is crushed by the wheels of a British truck.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-11-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Herbert (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gaggino, Lorenzo (person) British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Berta, Libya (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 283/1-1

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