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APPRECIATED AXIS STORES. SCENE IN BARCE WHERE NATIVES SOLD LOOTED AXIS UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT AFTER THEY HAD MADE SELECTIONS FOR THEIR PERSONAL USE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
WELL DRESSED DESERT TRIBESMEN WEAR SELECTIONS FROM GERMAN AND ITALIAN UNIFORMS. THESE COULD BE OBTAINED FOR A FEW LIRE IN BARCE SHORTLY AFTER THE AXIS LEFT ON ITS "BLITZFLITZ" WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
SUPPLIED BY ROMMEL. A SCENE IN BARCE WHERE NATIVES ORGANISED A BAZAAR ON THE PAVEMENT AND SOLD GERMAN AND ITALIAN UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR A FEW LIRE.
GOING CHEAP. NATIVES SOLD ITALIAN AND GERMAN UNIFORMS AND SOUVENIRS FOR A FEW LIRE IN BARCE, IN THE WAKE OF THE EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE THROUGH LIBYA. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
A SCENE FAMILIAR TO ALL MEN OF BOTH OLD AND NEW A.I.F. AN EGYPTIAN LABOUR CORPS GETTING IN THE WAY DURING THE UNLOADING OF MILITARY STORES AND EQUIPMENT FROM LIGHTERS ALONG THE CANAL NEAR ISMALIA. (NE
TOBRUK - THE "SERENTATIS" ANOTHER ITALIAN SHIP SCUPPERED, A TRICK THAT THE ITALIANS SEEM TO HAVE LEARNT FROM THEIR AXIS FRIENDS. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
THE ITALIANS, UNABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE FORCES WHICH ATTACKED BY LAND, SEA AND AIR, SCUTTLED THEIR SHIPS WHERE THEY LAY IN THE HARBOUR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
