Title:NAVY AND ARMY GIVING EQUIPMENT A FINAL CHECK [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 494/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The «Winchester Castle» approaching Sicily for the invasion.
Description: The 54th L. C. Flotilla preparing landing craft. Men checking engines and painting the craft. The 54th Boson Cart preparing buoys. Panning shot of the 54th Flotilla party preparing and painting landing craft. Painting landing craft suspended from the davits. The ship's carpenter repairing a landing craft with holes. Men of the 50th Division GHQ Liaison Squadron packing a No 22 wireless set onto a floating truck. Men of the 6th Durham Light Infantry cleaning their equipment. A hospital ship passing the convoy. Troops taking up position in the landing craft. The landing craft being lowered to the sea with troops aboard in battle order. The 6th Durham Light Infantry attending a lecture on deck with maps of Sicily. Lieutenant-Colonel W J Watson, Commanding Officer and Major Worrel giving the lecture. Lieutenant Jeffrey of the 54th Flotilla giving the lecture. Lieutenant Runciman of the DLI answering questions. A platoon sergeant giving a lecture on the coastline, using a model of the area. The night watch from the control tower. A destroyer on patrol passing through the rays of the setting sun. Various shots of Sicily. Various shots of Sicily from the ships at sea.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
