ITALIANS BOMB ARAB MOSQUE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ITALIANS BOMB ARAB MOSQUE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 361/5
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Damage from Axis bombing in Tripoli on the night of 2 March 1943.
  • Description: Debris in the foreground. The undamaged tower of the mosque. Arabs in the foreground point to the tower. An older Arab shows young boys stone inscriptions from the Koran amongst the debris.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 361/5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Barnes, P A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Tripoli, 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 361/5

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