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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The story of the supply of petrol to troops in the desert from the tin plant to the front line vehicle.
Description: The tin plate sheets arriving in boxes from overseas. Local men unload the tin plate. Petrol tins moving along the belt. Writing on the box reads Produced in the USA. Locals carrying boxes. Removing wire from the boxes. Lifting boxes from the ship. A man sitting on a winch signalling to the crane driver. Unloading boxes from a lorry with Alexandria harbour in the background. Lifting boxes on crane. Locals and carrying stacking boxes, directed by a soldier. A man places sheets of tin into a machine. The sheets go through rollers. A machine bends the sheets. Men construct the boxes from the sheets of tin and slide them along the belt. The tins are placed in a machine. A man heating iron in a furnace. Tins moving along the belt. A man inspects them. Men soldering the edges of the tins. Men cutting caps for tin at a machine. The caps falling into a box. A machine bending wire for the handle. The caps are punched out of plate. Machinery and belts moving. The tins lined up. The tins are inspected. Men fixing caps onto the tins. A black line is painted onto a tin. A No Smoking board. Tins stacked up. Cans in a shed. Tins are carried and placed on a belt. Tins moving along the belt. Men painting tins. Men packing tins into cardboard boxes. Tins laid out on the ground. A soldier solders the lid of a tin. Locals loading petrol tins into a lorry and covering them with bamboo mats. Tins laid out on the ground. Men unpacking plate from boxes and carrying it on their shoulders. Entering a hut. Placing tin plate on a table. A native soldier feeding a machine with metal discs. Petrol tins are filled with petrol and placed on a belt. Tins passing. Placing stopper in tins. Men stacking boxes. Loading tins into a lorry. Close up of a box reading Produced in the USA. Men unpacking the boxes. A lorry moves down the road and enters a gateway. A man signs a receipt. Locals unloading tins from the lorry. Loading boxes onto a ship.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]