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The siege of Malta and the North Africa campaign during World War II.

Italian warships maneuvering in the Mediterranean during World War 2. Destroyers pass a Corazzata-class Italian battleship. Italian IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance planes are launched from a battleship. Two Corazzata-class Italian battleships underway. Change of scene shows the island of Malta, viewed from a low flying airplane. A formation of Italian CANT Z.508 seaplane bombers flying overhead to attack Malta. View from ground on Malta of anti-aircraft flak burst clouds in the air above. Smoke rising from bomb bursts. Glimpse of a large British warship slowly easing out of its dock. Single engine aircraft overhead moving through heavy flak clouds. More bomb explosions. Local civilian people and refugees, including many children, seeking safety from bombing. People perusing destroyed buildings. A formation of British Bristol Blenheim light bombers in flight over North Africa. British forces firing artillery in Libya. War materiel abandoned by retreating Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland. British troops and a contingent of Ethiopian troops march into Addis Ababa, escorting Emperor Haile Selassie as he is restored to his throne in May, 1942. Next, German armor in North Africa is seen burning. A knocked out German tank viewed through window of a British armored vehicle. More burning German armor. German aircraft destroyed on the ground at an airbase. Bombs lined up on the ground. Huge number of Italian prisoners of war marching across the desert in Libya.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046083
Spanish military and naval activities in North Africa during World War II.

German newsreel in World War 2 shows Spanish sailors in boats possibly in North Africa. A sailor talks over telephone. Sailors fire from gun mounted on the boat. Long muzzle of a gun seen. Spanish Soldiers jump from the boats and pull the boat to the beach. Soldiers march on rocky hills. Marching troop of soldiers led by the Spanish officer. Spanish officer salutes the troops.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675030668
British Army truck convoy retrieves a disabled tank while being shelled in North Africa in World War II

Truck convoy of British troops moving across desert in North Africa, during World War 2. Light observation planes fly low overhead. British troops load a disabled tank aboard a flat bed truck while shellsl burst all around them during the operation. Brief view of British paratroopers seated inside a transport aircraft. British troops refueling and rearming a tank. A large number of German and Italian prisoners of war are assembled under British guard, in the desert.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050209
British Eighth Army soldiers atop a truck in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. British trucks move across desert terrain. British Eighth Army soldiers in the area. Soldiers atop a truck. Thick black smoke rises in the background.

Date: 1941
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050514
British Eighth Army camouflaged field guns fired in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Two camouflaged field guns fire. Smoke rises as a result. A soldier walks towards the field guns. Other camouflaged installations in the background.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050515
British Eighth Army vehicles move across desert terrain in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Trucks and other vehicles move across the desert terrain. Some vehicles being parked in the foreground. A Red Cross truck and a command car move past. British Eighth Army soldiers near parked vehicles. A barbed wire fence in the background.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050516