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1942 MIDDLE EAST: Military ships carrying drinking water; Nazi planes painted over; General
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2:08Now PlayingDate: 24th December 1942
Location: MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT TRIPOLI, LIBYA, AFRICA TOBRUK,
LIBYA, AFRICA BENGHAZI, AFRICA LIBYA, TRIPOLI, BENGHAZI, MERSAMATRUH, TUBROK,
AFRICA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SV group of native kids doing "V" sign. CU two native kids doing "V" sign. LV Ensign flying from mast. GTV pan Benghazi town. showing damaged buildings. STV enemy lorry overturned in bomb hole and car passes in f-d pan up to wrecked buildings. CU travel shot past wrecked building. LV pan wrecked building. LV pan troops with lorries pan to drawing of Bulldog with Churchill's Expression, with cigar SLIP PAN to SV Montgomery and Naval officer looking round Benghazi. CU Montgomery and Military officer. SCU Montgomery posing by car, and smiling.
LIBYA: SV pan up airman hoisting up RAF ensign on mast and good shot at end of pan of flag flying from mast. VERY GOOD FULL CU of RAF Ensign flying from mast.
Mersamatruh, Africa: Three Good GAV's of harbour and town of Mersa Matruh.
LIBYA: Tobruk: Good GAV town & harbour of Tobruk.
Military - Active; Ships and Boats; Food, Drink and Cooking; Aviation; Personalities - Armed Forces; Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), Libya
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