FOR LIBYA
AND FOR VICTORY Vivid pictures of the new military and air forces used in ,tlie drive across Libya will soon be shown here in two short films made by P'athe and British Movietone News. Opening with shots of w r eary mud-bespat-tered troops foot-slogging in France during the last year, "The Empire's NeAV Armies" passes on to the 1 immense variety of swift mobile weapons with which the fight in North Africa is being staged to-day, and includes shots of the parachutists now being trained in the United Kingdom. Among the artillery Aveapons shown are the latest "ack-ack" guns, with A.T.S. women manning the indicators. The other film, "R.A.F. —Action" traces the development of Britain's air arm since the last war. To see the flimsy Sopwith Camels of the early days of air fights; is, to marvel at the spirit of the pilots of these "old buses." Later sequences show the evolution oPfasti planes, such as those which won the Schneider trophy permanently for Britain, leading up to thrilling pictures of actual battles, taken in the air with a miniature film camera.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 8, 26 January 1942, Page 5
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184FOR LIBYA Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 8, 26 January 1942, Page 5
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