L'avanzata delle truppe italo-tedesche in Cirenaica: l'occupazione di Bengasi e Derna

Luce Newspaper C0137 of 21/04/1941 Sequence description: German motorized units advance across the desert; soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns in the desert; a burning British plane stuck in the ground; British airmen speak to an officer during interrogation; soldiers observe a captured British plane; German bombers in flight; columns advance across the desert; machine guns fire from planes, anti-aircraft fire responds; bombs are dropped; soldiers in the city, walls with bullet holes, collapsed walls; a group of British prisoners march; a wounded man is carried on shoulders, cars are on fire; a truck with soldiers enters Benghazi, the population salutes, Italian and Nazi flags wave; a column of trucks with soldiers advances; the population crowds toward the soldiers, raises Italian flags, and applauds; handshakes between the population and soldiers entering the city on trucks; The mayor converses with the population; the population, leaning out from balconies decorated with flags, applauds; the population offers flowers and bottles to the German and Italian soldiers entering the city; commanders lean out from balconies; women meet soldiers in the D'Annunzio village of Benghazi; the bell rings in celebration; women and men in the village squares, a man wipes away tears; soldiers talk; trucks, cars, tanks destroyed and abandoned on the road; corpses on the ground; English, New Zealand, and Australian prisoners gathered in a field raise their thumbs toward the cameras; prisoners march, baggage on their shoulders; Archivio Storico Luce http://www.archivioluce.com . Istituto Luce Cinecittà: all the most beautiful images and frames of how we were, relived through the films, documentaries, and videos that have shaped the history of our country. Follow us on: Facebook -   / lucecinecitta   Twitter -   / lucecinecitta   Official Website - http://www.cinecittaluce.it Online Shop - http://www.cinecittashop.it Historical Archive - http://archivioluce.com