British Troops Learn To Ski (1943)

Full title reads: “BRITISH TROOPS LEARN TO SKI“. Libya & Syria. Various shots of the British soldiers learning to ski in the Lebanon mountains. Instructors show them herring bone climbing and kick turns. Various shots of the ski troops after training show what they can do. They are moving across the snow and demonstrate fast downward runs. WOUNDED IN TRIPOLI - LIBYA Close up of map showing how far is from Tripoli in Syria to Tripoli in Libya. Various shots of the 8th Army wounded from the Tunisian front being put aboard hospital ship at Tripoli destined for Alexandria. They are all on stretchers. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agenci