THE HANDLING OF FORD SPARE PARTS AT 5 BOD TEL-EL-KEBIR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE HANDLING OF FORD SPARE PARTS AT 5 BOD TEL-EL-KEBIR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 396/13
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Activity at the Base Ordnance Depot (BOD) in Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt.
  • Description: A pen points to a map. A crane lifts a box. A soldier checks some papers. Local workers help move boxes. Boxes stacked up. A soldier checks some boxes. Boxes being winched onto a lorry by a crane. A map of the depot. Spare parts being put into boxes, the boxes are closed. Women sorting spare parts in a warehouse. Close up of a label. A soldier points to a diagram of a cylinder engine, instructing female soldiers. A man at a desk signs papers and passes them to people wearing civilian dress. A man walks around the warehouse collecting parts. The Checking Area in the depot. A map of the depot. Boxes being unpacked. Boxes being loaded onto a lorry. A convoy of lorries.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tel El Kebir, Egypt (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1204 ft; Running time: 12 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 396/13

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