Attack On Tobruk Harbour (1941)

Title reads: “Attack on Tobruk Harbour“. Libya, North Africa. Various shots of British soldiers walking cautiously under barbed wire. M/S of soldiers walking along a trench. L/S of German aeroplanes flying overhead. M/S of group of soldiers, one sits in a tin bath, another holds the hose. They see the planes and run for cover, the one in the bath ducks under the water (looks like bit of comedy staged for camera). Various shots of British soldiers firing antiaircraft artillery at planes German planes (looks like authentic shots of battle, not like some previous shots). Various shots of bombs exploding next to British merchantman ship in harbour. More shots of British soldiers firing antiaircraft guns. M/S of smouldering wreck of crashed German aeroplane. Note: also written as Tobruch, Tubruq. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.