GENERAL LE CLERC OF THE FIGHTING FRENCH FORCES IN TRIPOLI [Allocated Title]

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  • 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]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 331/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 192 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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