ITALIANS BOMB THEIR OWN PEOPLE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ITALIANS BOMB THEIR OWN PEOPLE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 344/5/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The result of an Italian night bombing meant for the unloading of Allied supplies at Tripoli harbour but which hit an Italian residential quarter two miles away.
  • Description: An Italian looks at the wreckage of a block of flats that was his home. Bomb damaged buildings. Italian civilians gaze in shock as they pass by. A side of one of the buildings, completely devastated. Two Italian workmen look up at the damaged buildings.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 344/5/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-02-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Barnes, P A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Tripoli, Libya (geography) 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    AYY 344/5/2

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