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Title:VISIT TO TRIPOLI BY MR CHURCHILL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 336/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Prime Minister inspects units of the Eighth Army in Libya.
Description: Units of the Highland Division drive past after passing the saluting base. A 25 pounder gun, motorised infantry and Vickers guns mounted on 15 cwt lorries. Infantry of the Highland Division march past en masse along the main road of Tripoli. The pipe band of the Highland Division march at the rear of the infantry. Churchill inspects 4.5-inch guns of the 64th Medium Royal Artillery Regiment. Churchill eats lunch in the open outside the town. With him are General Leese, Commander of 30 Corps; Captain Churchill, the Prime Minister's son; General Sir Alan Brooke, Brigadier Ray and General Montgomery. Churchill inspects German and Italian mines. He inspects mines and mine detectors of the South African Royal Engineers.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Jordan, William 'Billy'1918-03-272005 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer (person)
Leese, Oliver William Hargreaves (person)
Brooke, Alan Francis (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, 51st Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 64th Medium Regiment (regiment/service)
South African Army, South African Engineer Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, XXX Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tripoli, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)