Inside Tobruk (1943)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. 1943/1944? Tobruk, Libya, North Africa. Various shots of HMS Ladybird, British Cruiser lying on the flat bottom of Tobruk Harbour, her decks awash. British sailors still aboard enjoying a swim from the decks. C/U of the guns of the Ladybird peeping above the water over the decks. Pan of Tobruk harbour taken from the Ladybird. C/U pan of the Ladybird, showing the twisted funnels and gun turrets, presumably caused by bombing. 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 agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959
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