The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOBRUK - AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ADVANCE UPON AN ITALIAN GUN POSITION ALONG THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE TOBRUK DEFENCES. IN THE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE BURNING MASS OF THE ITALIAN CRUISER SAN GORGIO. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
TOBRUK - MEN OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES HAVING PENETRATED THE ITALIAN DEFENCES TO THE EDGE OF THE HARBOUR, REASSEMBLE BEFORE GOING ON INTO THE TOWN. OIL TANKS CAN BE SEEN BURNING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TH
TOBRUK. A LATER SHOT OF THE ITALIAN CRUISER SAN GIORGIO STILL BURNING AFTER THE ADVANCE HAS PASSED ON TO DERNA. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
TOBRUK - MORE ITALIAN PRISONERS TAKEN AFTER THE ADVANCE INTO TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
TOBRUK - AUSTRALIANS TEAR DOWN THE ITALIAN FLAG AFTER THEY HAVE PENETRATED THE ITALIAN DEFENCES AND ENTERED THE TOWN. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AN AERIAL VIEW OF TOBRUK, AFTER THE ITALIAN GARRISON HAD SURRENDERED. SHOWN, BLACK SMOKE ROLLING FROM BURNING OIL TANKS BEYOND WHICH, IN THE HARBOUR, THE ITALIAN CRUISER SAN GIORGIO IS ON FIRE.
Victorious over the defenders of Tobruk's outer defences. Australian troops march towards the town. Smoke from fiercely burning fires can be seen in the background.
