FIRST SUPPLY SHIPS IN TRIPOLI HARBOUR [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: FIRST SUPPLY SHIPS IN TRIPOLI HARBOUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 344/4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A supply ship convoy including American ships enters Tripoli after the harbour has been cleared.
  • Description: British supply ships outside the harbour. Wreckage in the background as a ship enters the harbour. A corvette enters the harbour. The supply ship passes right to left. An American supply ship enters and passes right to left. View of the damaged harbour wall and a sunken ship in the foreground. Shot of a destroyer entering, shot through a deck awning. The supply ship «SS Ocean Voyager» entering the harbour. Supply vessels turning with a Hunter destroyer in the foreground and other supply vessels in the background at anchor. «SS Clan Macindoe».
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-02-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Deeming, E A (Production individual) Acland, A W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service) Civilian Vessels, CLAN MACINDOE (SS), cargo ship (regiment/service) Civilian Vessels, OCEAN VOYAGER (SS), cargo ship (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tripoli, Libya (geography) 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: 381 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 344/4

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