Battle Of Bardia (1941)

Unedited material from 1941. Original issue number unknown. Battle of Bardia. Bardia, Libya, North Africa. Aerial shots of coast. We see towns on cliffs and in desert. L/S of aeroplane landing. L/S of people in robes walking over dessert hillside. C/U of battered sign for ’Porto Bardia’. Various shots of Italian prisoners of war. Various shots of abandoned army vehicles. M/S of pilot getting into plane. Various shots of Allied soldiers advancing across desert. Various shots of injured soldiers being moved on stretchers from ambulance. Various shots of soldiers guarding POWs. M/S of camouflaged army vehicle. We see the POWs being herded into a desert compound and along a road by the sea. High angled L/S of bombed out buildings - abandoned Italian base? More shots of towns and ships in harbour. C/U of sign reading ’Carabinieri Reali’. More aerial shots of towns, sea and Italian POWs in dessert. We see Italian POWs crammed onto lorries and trudging on foot. More aerial shots of de