Overview
- Description
- Australian soldiers fire a Howitzer. Pan of destroyed military vehicles in a desert. A shrapnel damaged school named for Benito Mussolini that is now being used to hold church services for Allied soldiers. The camera pans down from the minaret of a mosque to a hand-painted sign on the building that reads: "Out of Bounds Musulman Church." Camera pans around the exterior of a Catholic church with a statue of the Virgin Mary outside. Damage shown to a hospital mosque. A soldier walks into a heavily damaged building with a sign reading, "Out of Bounds Jewish Soldiers Synagogue." Panning shot of damaged buildings. A sign on one building reads "Albergo Ristorante Moderno." Two soldiers talk in front of damaged buildings. Destroyed Admiralty House.
- Duration
- 00:02:19
- Date
-
Event:
1941
Production: 1941 July 17
- Locale
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North Africa
Tobruk, Libya
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
- Contributor
-
Producer:
War Office Film Unit
Camera Operator: Osmond Borradaile
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 02:12:56:00 to 02:15:15:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2889 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2889 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2889 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2889 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2889 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2889 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2889 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2889 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- User
User 2889 Video: DVD
User 2889 Video: DVD
User 2889 Video: DVD
User 2889 Video: DVD
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Imperial War Museums
- Conditions on Use
- For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.
- Copyright Holder
- Imperial War Museums
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- CHURCHES HOSPITALS RUBBLE SCHOOLS SOLDIERS/MILITARY
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Imperial War Museum in October 2009.
- Copied From
- 35mm comopt print
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5308
Source Archive Number: AYY 148 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:59:59
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