MOVIETONE'S WAR TIME NEWS - REPORTED BY LESLIE MITCHELL
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DESCRIPTION : PREMIER HOME FROM TRAVELS
During his historic tour Tripoli fell, and Movietone here presents the first pictures of the final elimination of
Italy's Colonial Empire.
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CARD_TITLE : Premier Home From Travels
(Fall of Tripoli)
SHOT_LIST : Cut story - Aerial shots of Tripoli & its harbour. Soldiers march along road into & out of camera, single file,
Crusader Tanks along road into camera. Valentine tank with pipe aboard enters Tripoli into camera. Soldiers with
'Jack' run along mole & hoist same. CU flag & pan up with it. CU flag flying. Elevated shot of artillery in town
square. Elevated shots of tanks in city lined up. CU Father & child in arms giving 'V' sign. Group shot of
Vice-Governor of Libya; Prefect of Tripolitania; Mayor of Tripoli with Monty. CU SV of Monty VG. Monty in open car
enters city, acknowledges crowds lining street & stands in car saluting troops & tanks lining street. Highland troops
march in playing bagpipes. Various elevated shots of same with Highlanders on balcony looking on. Churchill down
steps with Casey & Lord Lampson, followed by General Sir A. Brooke, General Wilson, General Dill & Admiral Harwood.
Pan of group in grounds of Lampson residence. L to R Harwood, Brooke, Wilson, Alexander, Dill, Casey & Lampson, not
forgetting Churchill. CU Churchill & Casey. Liberator taxis across aerodrome into camera (Turkey) awaited by Turkish
officials. CU 'Commando' & other signs on nose of plane. Mr. Sarajoglu (Premier) shakes hands with Churchill, Sir
Hugh Knatchbull-Huggesson also shakes hands with Churchill. Pan of train in which conference took place. Int. shot of
party arranging themselves at table. Pan of seated group. CU Sarajoglu, Ismet Inonu & Churchill. Party out of train,
Churchill shakes hands with Inonu. Churchill is in mufti, Brooke was also present in party (all wore mufti).
Churchill at Cyprus in uniform of Air Comm. inspecting Cyprus troops, Sir Charles Woolley, Churchill & Lady Woolley
standing in grounds, pan CU of same, Churchill shakes hands with ecclesiastical leaders, then addresses small gathering
of Cypriots. Crowds cheer; Churchill & Woolley on balcony, Churchill appears to be filing his nails. At Tripoli,
Churchill & Brooke out of plane, Churchill walks up to Monty & warmly shakes his hand, using both hands. C. & Monty
followed by Brooke etc. walk into camera, CU of C. & Monty's legs as they walk off. Churchill followed by Brooke enter
Monty's caravan. Hundreds of soldiers gathered in field hear Churchill address, he also shakes hands with many
officers. CU Churchill addressing behind mike. Led by Monty the men give three cheers. C. drives through Tripoli in
open car, various shots, elevated etc. troops & tanks line route. On stand are C., Brooke, & Monty, Ch. takes salute
as Highlanders march past playing bagpipes, followed by motor drawn artillery, tanks etc. Shot of statue of Romulus &
Remus (Founders of Rome) & their foster mother (a wolf) at harbour. Elevated shot of parade, tanks including
Crusaders, Matilda's, Valentines, Shermans & Grants. England, Liberator taxis, Churchill shaking hands with Portal
(CU), pan of Ch. luggage including crates of fruit, train into station, Ch. & wife out, greeted by his brother, Mrs.
Sandys & daughter, & several members of the Cabinet. Churchill & wife in closed car, which drives out of station,
finishes with CU of Churchill in Air Commodore uniform.
Cuts - At Tripoli, Alexander & crowd following Ch. & Monty, along road. Churchill at saluting base, on stand are Ch.,
Monty, Brooke & Alexander, Ch., Monty, Brooke & Alexander walking over hill country to inspect troops. Pan of seated
soldiers. Elevated shot of car carrying Churchill, Monty, & Brooke through Tripoli. Ch. stands acknowledging crowds.
Group of natives at gates of city. LS of car into camera. Ch. climbs outo stand, troops & motorised columns march
past, Bren carriers etc. Shot of road with armoured cars, Jeeps passing along, followed by Ch., Monty in car. Camera
is following car along road. Elevated shots of sunken ship in harbour. Shots of damaged mole, railway engines. Ships
behind crowds to get look at Ch. MS Ch., Monty & Brookes. Churchill shakes hands with Yanky pilots. Churchill gives
'V' sign to troops, walks off followed by Monty & Brooke. Churchill in car up to stand, officers in front of stand at
attention, Ch. is presented totem. Elevated shot of troops etc. marching out of camera through streets VG.
Ch. & Monty in closed car drives away, Ch. giving 'V' sign. Ch. & Woolley conversing walk up & down tennis court. In
Turkey, GS of party already named. Guard stands by train. CU Ch. lighting cigar, Brooke & Alexander sit next to one
another. On road to Tripoli, various types of tanks (already named) over desert, carrying wounded to ambulance, Mass
Army lorries over desert into camera. LS desert & guns firing, prisoners brought in. Italian prisoners help to push
bogged lorry. LS of Tripoli on horizon. Captured artillery. Arabs watching soldiers boiling water, also looking at
military orders to populations (pasted on wall). Elevated LS of convoy of Army, civilians wave & cheer. CU Drummers
of bagpipers. Shot of their feet as they march. MS of Highlander Bagpipers. Ch. & Monty with Corps Commander General
Sir Oliver Leese, & Captain Randolph Churchill lunch at Corps H.Q., afterwards inspect Division of New Zealanders, as
they march past. Churchill poses for picture with Alexander, Brooke & Monty. In march are included 6 pounder & 25
pounder guns.
In England. From first Liberator gets Brooke & Lord Cadogan, greeted by Portal. Second Lib (carrying Churchill)
escorted by Spitfires. Air Commander Kingston McCloughry shakes hands with Churchill. P.M. climbs out of belly of
plane. CU Nose of plane shows 'Hammer & Sickle' Turkish Crescent & Moon markings, & of course 'Commando'. Outside
Tripoli shows personalities seated on chairs include Air Commodore Broadhurst. At Castel Benito Aerodrome Churchill
gets out of plane, minus cigar. Monty & Air Commodore Whitford pilot Churchill to his car. Queens Royal Regiment in
Bren Gun Carriers along road (those in cut story marching single of same regiment). Monty's car leaving Benito gate
into city. Shots of 25 pounders firing & CU of same. Shot of Bostons in formation.
KEYWORDS : Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments; Military - Active; Colonialism; Vehicles; Flags; Union Jack; Munitions and
Armaments; Children; Environment; Personalities - Local Government; Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery of Alamein;
Personalities - Politicians; Military - Ceremonial; Music and Dance; Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments; Personalities
- Armed Forces; Sir Winston Churchill; Richard Gardiner Casey; Australia; Sir Miles Lampson; Field Marshal Sir Alan
Francis Brooke, Viscount Alanbrooke; Baron Henry Maitland Wilson; Field Marshal Sir John Dill; Admiral Sir Henry
Harwood; Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl Alexander of Tunis; Aviation; Airforce - Active; Spitfire
Fighters; Railways; Conferences; Military Alliances; Government and Politics; Airforce - Ceremonial; Personalities -
Relatives; Religion and superstition; Charles Frederick Algernon Portal of Hungerford; Great Britain; Food, Drink and
Cooking; Clementine Churchill (Lady Spencer-Churchill); Major John Churchill; Diana Churchill (Mrs. Duncan Sandys);
Julien Sandys; Lady Lampson; Sir Alexander Cadogan; Ships and Boats; Air Raids and War Damage; Medicine and Health;
Prisoners of War; Indigenous People; Communications; B24 Liberator Bombers; Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst
MATERIAL : Neg & Print 6753
Lav & B&W Slash 6735
Iran Lav 6814
Swiss Reel in Sound Lav 6735
TWTD Tape 42A
Cuts 6876 Mr. Churchill in East - Universal
Cuts 8668
Cuts 6843, 8669 - Pathe
Cuts 6870 A338/7
Lav Cuts 9361?
Neg Cuts 6802 Wyand
Cuts 6796 Universal
Cuts 6840 Pathe A332
Cuts 6842 A331/8, A331/1.2.3
War Office refs: A.331/1-4, A.331/5/1, A/331/5/2, A/331/7-8, 1/331/18, 1/332
Original Lav 6814 cut into for 'Salute the Soldier' short. Also Churchill being greeted by Monty in 45064.
CU's of Churchill taken out for GR 7/3/43 in neg.
LENGTH_SHOT = 10545
DATE_SUBD = 02/08/1943