BENGHAZI [Allocated Title]

Title: BENGHAZI [Allocated Title]
Film Number: AYY 286/2-1
Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes in Benghazi after its recapture.
Description: Evidence of the damage done to Benghazi docks and town by RAF bombing. Enemy tanks destroyed in their parking place by bombs. Bofors guns and machine guns open fire on enemy reconnaissance planes with damaged ships in the background. Shots from the top of Admiralty House showing the wrecks in the docks and the bomb damaged town.
Featured Period: 1939-1945
Production Date: 1942-11-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Groom, G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Benghazi, 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: 300 ft (ca); Running time: 3 mins
Notes:
Link to IWM Collections page:
AYY 286/2-1
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