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1942 MALAYA / DEFENCE: World War 2: Native and New Zealand troops preparations
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3:29Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1942
Location: MALAYA BENGHAZI, LIBYA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Scenes of unloading war materials from ship and at dockside.
Travel shot of guns and tyres on dockside.
Shot of guns at roadside and good shot of Ford 8 car (S. 6129) in road.
Shot of guns, army cars and tools on dockside.
Shot of unloading materials from transport to smaller boats, and dock.
SCU Man winding handle of gun.
2 GTV Natives pulling loaded army lorry from dockside.
Ground shot of line of army lorries leaving one by one.
CU Wheels of lorry past camera.
GTV Troops run to lines of lorries.
Travel shot of native troops standing by Red Cross Ambulances.
Shots of troops attending to lorries and travel shot of native troops standing in front of lorries and then getting in them.
GV Troops parading, lorry passes in front of officer sitting at table in f-g.
Shot of white troops lined up.
LV Motorbike cyclist riding at good speed in jungle.
2 soldiers in full summer kit talking in undergrowth.
CU Looking into barrel of gun (Bren?)
Shots of troops practising tactics in jungle.
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