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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes in the town of Derna, Libya and at the Derna Pass, damaged by the enemy in a denial operation.
Description: In Derna, war correspondents Tetlow, Howe and Jacob shaking hands with Sergeant King of the 4th Royal West Kents and Rifleman White of the 7th Rifle Brigade, who had climbed the Derna Pass to greet the party. The two soldiers along with Italian nurses have been tending thirty three of their wounded colleagues. Derna from the top of the pass. Mr Howe (from the Arab News Agency) poses for a photograph with Arab children. Close up of Rifleman White (with a bandaged throat) and Sergeant King. A large hole blown in the pass road by the enemy before retreating.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Wolfe (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 2nd Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 4th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Derna, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)