Title:CAPTURE OF BARDIA, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 92
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Australian Film Unit newsreel material, free to all newsreel companies by agreement between the Australian Film Unit and Mr Taylor of the British Embassy, Cairo. Capture of Bardia, Libya.
Sollum - anti-aircraft battery at foot of Halfaya Pass. Lorries and troops move through dust storms to camps on the plateau. Pitching tents. Ruins at Capuzzo. Triumphal Arch at Capuzzo with Australian soldier standing on it. Mules come to drink. Signpost to Bardia. Crashed planes. Men in dugouts. The Italian wire. Infantry, shells bursting. Prisoners running through barrage. Prison camp, prisoners and guards. Italian wounded at Casualty Clearing Station. Signs of the Italians' hasty departure. Australian Town Major and his staff in Bardia. Knighting some of the boys. Benito the goat. The artillery celebrate and drink a toast. Heap of burning rifles.
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
