Title:FRESH WATER SUPPLY FOR TROOPS ON SICILY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 497/3-1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Water supply pumped through hosepipes and tested by the RAMC in Sicily.
Description: An LST lying off the beach. Hosepipes emerging from the sea. Panning shot showing a pipe running up the beach, the pipe running through a sandbag ramp, a vehicle passing over the ramp, the pipe emerging on the other side. Panning shot along a pipe to a sandbag lying on a pipe. A soldier removes the sandbag showing a small hole, and fills a mug. Close up of the soldier standing up and drinking the mug of water. Panning shot of a sailor and soldier filling mugs from the leak in the pipe and the pipe snaking away from the camera to the sand dunes. Panning shot along a pipe to a corporal of the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) lying on the sand testing the water for purity, view of 18 collapsible water tanks. A tank being filled.
A camouflaged Italian 105mm gun emplacement on the road between Pachino and Noto. Rear view of the same gun, showing the whole gun emplacement and aerial camouflage. The road beyond which the gun was covering. Close up of the gun.
A Spitfire Mark V taxies away from camera onto the airfield at Pachino. A D4 passes a Spitfire Mark V.
13 July. Panning shot from a D4 aircraft being started to a roller. Two rollers being driven in opposite directions, with a scraper towing a roller passing between them. Close up of a roller. A scraper towing a roller in the foreground with a stationary Spitfire in the background. A grader towing a roller passes a stationary Spitfire Mark V.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
