Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The aftermath of an explosion on an ammunition ship in Algiers harbour.
Description: Various shots of a merchant vessel ablaze on the quayside. The vessel being towed out of the harbour by tugs. Hospital ship in the background. Panning shot along the twisted decks of the half-submerged ammunition ship. Hoses directed on the bridge. Close up of a British soldier and a French sailor hosing down a smoking dump on the dockside. A French fireman using a hose on the remains of the destroyed vessel. Close up of the shattered mid-ships of the ammunition ship. Scenes of widespread devastation on the dockside. Explosion. A battery of hoses on the burning petrol dump. A casualty being loaded into a French ambulance. A British soldier stops for refreshment as he searches through the ruins for bodies. Flames and smoke coming from a petrol dump on the dockside.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
