Description: Drums of fresh water and jerrycans are unloaded (from LCT 112 and two others, men ready below deck, LCT 158 drops anchor) onto a beach in North Africa, an example of the way the 8th Army was supported by seaborne supplies in its dash from Alamein to Benghazi. The speed of this advance is suggested by the view of an Axis airfield with abandoned unharmed Bf 109 planes (of Schnellkampfgeschwader 210) and ammunition (whistling bombs). Royal Air Force airmen paint on RAF markings and paint out swastika on a Stuka, a Henschel 126 and a Messerschmitt 109. A sign "Under entirely new management" is erected. A pilot drives up to the Stuka in a German people's car (Kübelwagen), "the famous vehicle the German workers paid for and never got". The Stuka and Bf 109 then take off. Aerial film shows Tripoli harbour being bombed and sea-level film covers the wrecked ships in Benghazi harbour, one still burning, demonstrating the evidence of Allied airpower. British troops move through deserted streets in Benghazi and raise the White Ensign. Montgomery visits the town.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:RMY 123-12
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1942-12-24
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Paramount News (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
British Army, Army, 8 (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 112 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 158 (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Henschel Hs 126 (object name)
aircraft, German - combat: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (object name)
aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Bf 109 & [captured] (object name)
combat, British - air raid (object name)
destruction, Libyan military - area: bomb (object name)
operations, British military - routine (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT 112 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT 158 (object name)
spoils, British (object name)
transport, German military - utility: Kübelwagen & [captured] (object name)
supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc: ship (object name)
weapons, German - bomb: whistling (object name)
Libya & Benghazi (geography)
Libya & Tripoli (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 398 ft; Running time: 4 mins
