Title:TROOPS EMBARKING AT PORT SAID [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 505/1/4
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops embarking Port Said for the invasion of Sicily.
Description: A loaded barge arrives alongside soldiers. Men climbing up onto the ship. Men in silhouette stepping on deck with their kit. Two men leaning on the rail of the ship, one is smoking. Close up of two soldiers, one rests his arm on the other’s shoulder. Group of men leaning on the ship’s rail. A group of men sitting on deck and playing cards.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:AYY 505/1/4
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)
Currey (Sergeant) (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)
