Title:THE KING'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 480/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The King with senior officers in Tripoli.
Description: 19 June. Panning shot of the King's car arriving at 10 Corps HQ. General Montgomery introduces the King to General Horrocks, Corps Commander. The King talking to General Horrocks. The King walking to a tent for lunch. The King leaving his caravan.
The King's car driving up to General Graham, Officer Commanding the 56th Division. General Montgomery introduces them. Close up of the King talking to General Graham. Panning shot of the royal car as it drives through the ranks of the 56th Division HQ who line the road. The King takes the salute as he drives through the ranks. Panning shot of the King driving through the cheering troops.
The King walks up to the entrance to the Union Club (a welfare club for officers and former Italian fascist club). General Montgomery introduces the King to a senior officer. The party enter the club past a notice reading Corporals and Junior Ranks Only. The King enters one of the rest rooms. General Montgomery shows the King a mural depicting the Italian empire. Panning shot of the mural.
The King with General Montgomery and the rest of the party on a jetty in the harbour. The King shakes hands with various officers as he prepares to leave. He talks to General Montgomery with the harbour in the background. He walks towards the camera with the party; the town is visible behind, dominated by two fascist columns. The King is introduced to the Fighting French Captain of the French launch which will take him to the cruiser. The King is piped aboard the launch. Panning shot up to the French flag flying at the mast head. The launch moves off and heads out across the harbour.
21 June. Various shots of King George VI's car and others driving through Tripoli. Basuto troops line the street.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Hopkinson, Peter Richard Gunton1920-06-272007-06-28Hopkinson started him career in the film industry at the age of 16 as a clapper boy at Ealing Studios, then working at Denham Studios. He volunteered for overseas service in 1941and was an AFPU photographer and informant in the "Wartime Filming" interview project. He was sent to Persia initially to make a film about getting supplies through to Russia and made many other films in the Western Desert. He joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). His career after the war was mainly filming documentaries and his last documentary was Whickers War, made in 2004. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: George VI, King (person)
Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Horrocks, Brian Gwynne (person)
Graham, Douglas A H (person)
Keywords: Tripoli, Libya (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
