Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Prime Minister with senior army personnel in Libya.
Description: A Scottish pipe band marching towards the camera. The artillery saluting at the march past. A soldier in the foreground. Infantry marching past. Churchill arrives in Tripoli Square. He shakes hands with the Corps Commander and greets officers. Troops taking the march past and taking the salute. Churchill inspects the troops and takes the salute. Churchill and a group of officers on the saluting base. Infantry marching past and giving the salute. Pipers marching past and Churchill taking the salute. Churchill and Montgomery enter a car and drive away. Churchill stands up as crowds cheer in the background. He raises his hat to acknowledge them. Churchill faces the camera.
View from a balcony of Churchill passing through the main street. Artillery passing along the main street. Lorried infantry follow the artillery. The march past of the 51st Highland Division from the balcony. Various shots of Churchill inspecting troops of the 7th and 64th Medium Field Artillery.
Churchill takes the salute from the New Zealand Division near Castel Benito and then talks to General Freyberg. Churchill after his speech. March past of the infantry. The infantry with the band in the background. Tanks and artillery.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Deeming, E A (Production individual)
Taylor, A A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Freyberg, Bernard Cyril (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, 51st Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 7th Medium Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 64th Medium Regiment (regiment/service)
New Zealand Army, New Zealand Division (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)
