Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Homs, Libya, after Allied entry on 19 January. Soldiers on the way to Tripoli and in the town.
Description: Homs and the harbour. Devastation and blown bridges. A sign for Homs. A YMCA Canteen sign. A line of soldiers queuing. A soldier buys cigarettes at the counter. The name POONA on a YMCA (?) truck. The pier and a sunken ship. 105 Company, Corps of Royal Military Police getting signs ready for Tripoli. Tanks on the road to Tripoli waiting for Royal Engineers to find a way around a bridge that had been blown up by the retreating enemy. Tanks advancing over a bridge left intact. Soldiers with Italian girls on the road to Tripoli. A house and hanging washing. Pipe Major P Clark of Dufftown and Pipe Major W Anderson of Aberdeen of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, play their pipes after entering Tripoli. Italian girls talking to some of the Gordons. A Union Jack is hoisted. Soldiers cheering. Rear view of the crowd. Royal Navy sailors. The bombed harbour. Arabs moving furniture. General Montgomery in his car. A parade of tanks around Tripoli.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Berkshire (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 105 Company (regiment/service)
British Army, Gordon Highlanders, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: Homs, Libya (geography)
Tripoli, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
