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1941 AT SEA/ EGYPT: LIBYA: NAVY SHELL BARDIA FIRST PICTURES Co-operating with Wavell's army, Fleet
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2:42Now PlayingDate: 16th January 1941
Location: EGYPT BARDIA LIBYA, AFRICA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Bardia Libya, Africa: GV Fleet at sea...LIBRARY NO. 10361
LV Fleet at sea...LIBRARY NO. 10361
LV Fleet at sea...LIBRARY NO. 10361
CUSV Commander looking through glasses. GV Sun seen over coast of Bardia. LV Destroyer and spray in front...LIBRARY NO. 10361
SV side Destroyer with 'D. 31' on side. CU sailor signaling with lamp. LV flat-bottomed ship ? at sea. SCU Angle shot: 2 sailors run on to range finder. CU sailor working rangefinder. LV 2 (16'?) guns preparing for action. SSV guns preparing for action. GVB showing 2 guns firing at coast of Bardia. GV Showing burst on coast. GV Gun firing at coast. LV bursts. on coast. SV gun firing. LV Burst on coast. Night firing scenes. CU day shot: Naval officer checking bearing. GV Guns firing at coast. LV Bursts on coast. SV 2 guns fire.LV burst on coast. SV sailor at blackboard chalking up score with fingers in ears and makes a face after an explosion and then chalks up another point. GV guns fire at coast. LV burst on coast. SV sailor chalking up and crosses out 'Bardia' on blackboard. GV Pan prisoners in desert camp. SV Prisoners in line in desert. SV Prisoners in desert. SV Prisoners feeding in camp. SV Prisoners feeding in camp. CU Prisoners feeding.
Egypt: TV Prisoners arriving in trucks at quayside. STV Prisoners in truck at quayside. STV Prisoner in truck at quayside. LV trucks on quayside, 2 foreign sentries in f-g. SV Prisoners getting out of truck. SCU Prisoners getting out of truck. SV Prisoners marching from trucks. CU prisoner types. SCU prisoner types. LBV Prisoners up gang-way of ship. STV Prisoners up gangway and on to ship. TV Prisoner up gangway. CU Prisoners on to deck of ship. LBV Prisoners on to ship.
Navy - Active; Prisoners of War; Italy; Libya; Military - Active
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