We use cookies on this website.
By continuing to use this site without changing your cookie settings,
you agree that you are happy to accept our privacy policy
and for us to access our cookies on your device.
Title:GENERAL LE CLERC OF THE FIGHTING FRENCH FORCES IN TRIPOLI [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 331/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: General Leclerc visits units of the Free French at Castel Benito.
Description: General Leclerc meets officers of the BIMP (Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine et du Pacifique) Anti-Tank Battalion. Men of the Fighting French forces visiting Tripoli and fraternising with British troops. Views of the promenade. Sightseeing.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leclerc, Philippe (person)
Free French Army (regiment/service)
British Army, First Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tripoli, Libya (geography)
Castel Benito, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)