BENGHAZI HARBOUR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BENGHAZI HARBOUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 297-2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Royal Engineers repairing a wall damaged by the enemy at Benghazi harbour.
  • Description: The section at work using three captured cement mixers. Concrete comes down a chute to the base of the hole. A Royal Engineer. Black labourers carrying stones to the hole. Petrol in 50 gallon drums is unloaded from a lighter onto a lorry at the dockside.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 297-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Jordan, William 'Billy'1918-03-272005 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (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
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