Title:TROOPS EMBARKING AT PORT SAID [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 505/1/1-2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops boarding liners in Port Said before sailing to Sicily.
Description: 30 June and 2 July. Ships at Port Said. Men on barge in the foreground. Men boarding ship. Close up of two soldiers, one plays the harmonica. Z craft nearing the ship. Soldiers climbing the gangway and boarding the ship. Panning shot of train. Men getting off the train carrying kit. Men being served with mugs of tea ladled from a large pot. Close up of men receiving tea. Panning shot over men waving their mugs as they wait for tea. Men receiving tea. Men marching to the Z craft. Pan over the Z craft, loaded with men. Men marching along the quay with a barge in the background. View of men on the barge, a soldier moves crates in the foreground.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:AYY 505/1/1-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-06-30 1943-07-02
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Acland, A W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Port Said, Egypt (geography)
Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1943-1944 (theme)
Italy 1939-1945 (theme)
