Title:TROOPS EMBARKING AT PORT SAID [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 505/1/3
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: Troops on a tender tied up alongside «HMS Strathnaver». Troops coming up the gangplank. View from the tender of troops climbing the gangplank and disappearing into the ship. A soldier with an Australian-style hat is on the right of the picture. A lighter tying up alongside «HMS Strathnaver» with a smaller lighter in between them. A Z craft packed with troops moves alongside. A group of men leaning over the rail of the ship. High angle view of troops waiting their turn to board the ship. A different group of men waiting, including Indian soldiers.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:AYY 505/1/3
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-06-30
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Day (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, 231st Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, HMT STRATHNAVER, troopship (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)
