Desert Air Strip (1941)

Unused, unissued material location and dates unclear or unknown. Desert Location. VS of allied troops being marched carrying picks and shovels. The troops all appear to be from Colonial forces not clear where from. VS The troops breaking up the surface and scrub of the desert for the proposed air strip. (Features nice CU of soldier drinking from water bottle. VS of a halftrack tractor towing a flattening board which levels the newly broken up surface. VS of British troops relaxing by showing North African locals how to throw and play darts with the aid of a dart board nailed to a palm tree. (Neg. ) Old record suggests material dated from around August 1941. FILM 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