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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.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
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)