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British Troops relax in Egypt after being evacuated from previously Allied-held territory in North Africa.

War-weary troops evacuated from former Allied territory arrive in Egypt during World War 2. The soldiers relax and smile. British Royal Navy warships underway to attack Italian installations in Libya. An airplane is launched from a British aircraft carrier. Gun crews bring shells on deck for heavy naval guns. A British sailor writes on one: "This'll make you whistle." Scenes of heavy naval bombardment of Italian military installations and the port at Tripoli, Libya. Daylight scenes reveal many sunken ships and destroyed Italian L11-39 tanks and military equipment.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043884
Sulkies ride in Trotting, the harness race in Goshen, Egypt.

Trotting, the harness race in Goshen, Egypt. People at stands as they watch the race. Sulkies attached to steeds ride in a harness race. Photographers click pictures as they stand near the track. A sulky rider poses.

Date: 1941, January 2
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046745
Italian prisoners captured by the British move with their luggage through the rugged terrain in Sidi Barrani, Egypt.

Italian prisoners are gathered in Sidi Barrani, Egypt during World War II. Italian prisoners captured by the British move with their luggage through rugged terrain. British soldier watches damaged vehicles and military tanks. Italian prisoners gather and interact with the soldiers. A flag flutters in the wind atop a tent in the background. A soldier stands holding a gun.

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056187
High-ranking Axis officers taken into custody by British forces in Side Barrani, Egypt

British forces take a group of high-ranking Italian and German officers into custody, at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. They exit from a parked airplane, and are directed by a British Army Captain. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056188
WW II Western Desert Campaign. British against Italian forces. Italian prisoners. Sand storms, Marmon-Harrington Armored Cars

British forces taking large numbers of Italian prisoners during the Western Desert Campaiign in Egypt during WWII. Marmon-Harrington Armored Cars are shown.. Several large fires. Italian prisoners brought in by the truck full and processed into holding areas. High winds and sand storms wreak havoc on soldiers tents and encampment. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037886
Carvings on walls depicts King of Assyria Sargon invading Samaria capital of Israel.

The history of the region of Palestine. An animated map of Egypt, Syria desert and Judea. A statute of Assyria King Ashurbanipal. An inscription on a wall depicts the successor of the King on a chariot. The horses of the King. In 721, King of Assyria Sargon on a chariot moving to capture Samaria, capital of Israel. A man walks in ancient ruins of an old Roman amphitheater. Aerial view of olive orchids in the region. Art carving depicts Assyrian warrior Nebuchadnezzar capturing Jerusalem, and a woman pleading for her life.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047422