EMBARKATION OF TROOPS [Allocated Title]



  • Title: EMBARKATION OF TROOPS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 385/4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Troops leaving Liverpool Docks, continued from AYY 385/3.
  • Description: 12 to 14 April. «HMS Duchess of York» heading down river. Troops marching onto the docks. Lorries laden with stores. Baggage being lifted. Troops emerging from the transit shed. A military policeman directing the troops. A policeman directing traffic. Troops entering the transit shed. Tea being served from a tea wagon. View from inside the tea wagon. Troops arriving at the docks. Cranes at work. Soldiers embarking. Soldiers coming down the gangway of a ship. Soldiers looking over the rail of a troopship. A military policeman directing troops. Troops embarking.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-12 1943-04-13 1943-04-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Baynes, G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DUCHESS OF YORK (HMS) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK (geography) 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: 759 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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