BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWS ISSUE 1278 (item) [Main Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWS ISSUE 1278 (item) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 457
  • Other titles: PORT REPAIR WORK BEGINS AT BIZERTA [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: "After Victory - Reconstruction." Work is carried out in Bizerta harbour, Tunisia.
  • Description: Opening sequence shows a coastal convoy of landing craft, including LCI(L)s, being escorted by motor minesweepers. The convoy enters Bizerta, passing ships sunk by the retreating Germans to block the Bizerta Canal. Two LCM(3)s make for shore. LCT(4) 616 and a companion unload supplies into waiting transport - men use roller conveyors to shift boxes of ammunition - a large crate is wheeled ashore on a trolley. Sequence showing damage in the town, including a car resting on its roof. A bulldozer driven by a GI starts clearance work. Aerial shot of Bizerta, showing LCTs in the harbour. LS to sunken vessel just offshore. CU of the stern of the capsized Transatlantique passenger-cargo ship Gouverneur Général de Gueydon and MS along starboard side as a man stands on the hull looking down between the decks of the island superstructure. Other wrecks, including a submarine, are scattered about the shallows. CU as a helmet diver regains the diving boat - a depth charge is lowered underwater from the boat. MS of clearance explosion in the harbour. Final LS pan over the town from high ground inland.
  • Alternative Title: PORT REPAIR WORK BEGINS AT BIZERTA [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 457
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Paramount News (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCT 616 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[4] 616 (object name) ships, French civilian - passenger: Gouverneur Général de Gueydon & [wrecked] (object name) transport, United States - engineering: bulldozer (object name) engineering, military, British: port clearance and repair (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 201 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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