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Title:BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI; STUKA BOMBING [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 331/7
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops at Wadi Zem Zem and Sedada, Libya for the battle for Tripoli.
Description: 14-16 January. Sherman tanks of the Royal Scots Greys move up to the starting line. The tanks in mass formation. Sherman and Grant tanks waiting ready to attack in the last light of 14 January. Tanks of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry push forwards on the morning of 15 January under heavy shellfire from enemy artillery. 25 pounders of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery firing their guns in support of the advancing tanks. Mass tank formation of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on 16 January moving towards Sedada after enemy withdrawal. Guns of the 3rd Royal Horse Artillery moving forwards. Mass tank formation. A tank commander in the turret of his Sherman tank. The 8th Armoured Brigade advancing towards the Sedada area. A Sherman tank of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry refuelling. A Ju 87 coming down in smoke after being hit by Bofors ack ack. It bursts into flames as it hits the ground. A Doncaster Bofors ack ack team in action after bringing down the German plane. Tanks of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry are dive-bombed as they advance towards Beni Ulid. Sherman tanks crossing soft sand.
Trooper Fred Lee from Reading who has driven his Sherman tank across Africa gives the V sign from the driving hatch. German Stukas dive-bomb a moving target. Wounded men of the ack-ack team being attended by medical personnel. Bombs landing around the gun position. Men receiving medical attention and being moved from the area of the raid.
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: German Air Force (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
British Army, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (regiment/service)
British Army, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, 8th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
Keywords: Beni Ulid, Libya (geography)
Sedada, Libya (geography)
Wadi Zem Zem, Libya (geography)
Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)