ROYAL NAVY SUPPLIES 8TH ARMY AND CLEARS BENGHAZI [Main Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL NAVY SUPPLIES 8TH ARMY AND CLEARS BENGHAZI [Main Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 7
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  • Summary: Unedited film of the unloading of water drums from landing craft, destroyed Benghazi harbour, RN sailors in desert, Landing Craft at sea, Admiral Harwood, Waves visiting RN vessel.
  • Description: Reel 1. Three LCT(2)s at sea, including LCT 112. Soldiers unload water drums from LCT 117 onto beach and place jerrycans in truck. Evening shadows and cold. Sunken ships and destroyed harbour installations of Benghazi harbour. Sailors drink tea beside truck on desert road in winter. Breda 37/54 gun. Damaged Duca d'Aosta pontoon bridge. Abandoned German sacks of rye on harbour front. Naval rating fits on diving suit. Sailors lark about on motorcycle combination. Soldiers and sailors unload supplies from truck. Arabs try to sell eggs. LCT(2)s at sea, including LCT 158. Signalling, lookout and below deck scenes. LCT 117 unloads drums. Diver descends. Destroyed enemy arsenal(?) Reel 2. Benghazi harbour damage scanned by Admiral Harwood. Casa del Fascio. Raising of White Ensign, with Benghazi domed mosque in background. Heavy cruiser Suffren (interned and disarmed in Alexandria till 30 May 1943) in port. LCT(2)s at sea, dropping anchor and unloading drums (some duplication of Reel 1). British Power Boat motor torpedo boat and Elco motor torpedo boat at anchor, not Benghazi. Harwood in street. Port with hills rising behind and carrier in background. Sailors ashore bartering with Arabs. Group of Waves come aboard RN vessel and examine Oerlikon and gun barrels, possibly at Oran.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: RMY 7
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: To be established
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Harwood, Henry (person) British Army, Army, 8 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 112 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 117 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 158 (regiment/service) French Navy, Free French, Suffren (regiment/service) United States Navy & WAVES (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: buildings, Libyan - religious: mosque (object name) engineering, military, Italian: Duca d'Aosta pontoon bridge (object name) equipment, British naval - personal: diving suit (object name) recreation, British naval - casual (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT 112 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT 117 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT 158 (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: British Power Boat MTB (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: Elco MTB (object name) ships, French naval - cruiser: Suffren (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) society, Libyan - ethnic (object name) society, United States naval - friendship (object name) spoils, British (object name) supplies, British, movement [FA] - misc (object name) weapons, Italian - gun: Breda 37/54 & [captured] (object name) weapons, Swiss - gun: Oerlikon & [British] (object name) Libya & Benghazi <harbour> (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: 2 Footage: 1428 ft; Running time: 16 mins
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