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Armed Arab civilian militia members pose, brandishing their weapons in Tripoli, Libya
A craggy mountain in Libya. Armed arab civilian militia brandishing their weapons as they pose for the camera in various places near buildings in Tripoli, Libya. Closeups of militia members, who include mostly young men but also several mature, older men. Two civilian politicians in suits and ties pose in a truck, with armed militia behind them. More images of militia brandishing weapons. Glimpse of one civilian politician pointing past the camera. More views of militia brandishing weapons.
British Army sappers locate, disarm and collect German mines and British Royal Air Force bomb Tripoli, Libya.
British 8th Army takes Tripoli as Nazis flee Libya during World War II. A land mark. British Royal Air Force aircraft bomb Tripoli. The aircraft drop bombs and smoke rises due to explosions on a field. Commander of British 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery hoists the British flag over a captured German airfield. British ground crew near a captured German aircraft. A crew member paints the tail of the aircraft and covers German insignia with Royal Air Force insignia. A pilot exits a jeep and climbs into the cockpit of the re-purposed German plane, and takes off. British Army sappers locate, disarm, and collect German mines in Libya. Metal detectors are used by soldiers to locate a German Teller mine. Soldiers take out the Teller mine. View of hundreds of captured German land mines. A sign reads 'Safe Lane'. Trucks drive past on a road. The Medjerda River in Tunisian. British 1st Army soldiers near artillery. Aircraft in flight. A soldier signals and fires artillery. Smoke rises in the foreground. Dive bombers in flight. The bomber aircraft drop bomb. Hills in Tunisian. German soldiers fire guns. Soldiers on U.S. made tanks and trucks drive on a dirt road. A road side marker reads "Mateur" The aircraft in flight. British Douglas Boston bombers flying overhead.
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.
North African civilians suffering from plague are kept under observation to control plague
A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in Libya, North Africa. An ambulance arrives at the entrance of U.S. Army 93rd Station Hospital in Tripoli, Libya, and an officer gets off and checks his shoes for plague causing fleas. Sailors are lined up to get vaccinations to prevent occurrence of plague. Libyan residents on a street. Libyans suffering plague being loaded aboard a truck. They enter a building where they are kept for observation and to ensure spread of plague. Plague patients take off clothes and take a shower to wash off fleas.
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.
French 501st Combat Tank Regiment soldier cleaning M4 tank in North Dalton, England (WW2)
The Regimental Insignia of the 1st Tank Company Regiment of Free France and the words “1 ere Compagnie” as part of a banner. The previous World War II campaigns of the First Tank Regiment- Narvik (Narvik, Norway), Bjervik (Bjervik, Norway), Ankenes (Ankenes, Norway), Lybie (Libya), Tripolitaine (Tripolitania, in present-day northwestern Libya), Tunisie (Tunisia)- are written on the banner. Reverse of the banner shows the Regimental Insignia of the 501st Combat Tank Regiment with words written “501RCC EN TUER” (“501 RCC in kill” in English). French 1st Company Tank soldiers assembled near the village of North Dalton, Yorkshire, England. French soldiers carrying oil barrels between tanks. A jeep drives past tanks. A French soldier cleans a tank bearing the insignia of the 2nd French Armored Division and the name "Narvik" on side of tank. French soldier wipes the side of a tank bearing the name “NARVIK”. French soldiers cleaning the “NARVIK” French M4 Sherman tank.
