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Object description
Canadian Lease Lend supplies of lorry parts being unloaded by Egyptian dock workers by the Suez Canal. Soldiers assembling lorries.
Content description
A crane lifting a crate. The crate swinging over sheds and trucks. Crate on a locomotive. A black soldier taking an instruction book from a crate. Close up of the soldier unpacking a bag. Soldiers pulling away the sides of a crate containing bodies and chassis of trucks. A soldier levering off the top of a crate. Close up of soldier levering boards with a crowbar. Soldiers breaking the crate away. Close up of soldier lifting goods from a crate. Crates on the railhead. A crane travelling with a crate. The crate in the air. Close up of a chassis being lowered. A chassis being lifted by a crane. The chassis being lowered. Close up of a wheel being rolled. A goods train loaded with crates arrives at the dump. Wheels being attached to the chassis. Close up of a wheel being screwed on. The body is lowered onto the chassis. A soldier sitting under the chassis, tightening up bolts. A line of chassis. An assembled truck being towed away. A soldier in the driver's cabin. Silhouette of crates swinging overhead. Soldiers attach a rope to the chassis. Raising the chassis. A soldier assembling a wheel. Lowering the body onto the chassis. Soldiers attach the body to the chassis. A crate being lifted from ship to barge. The crate being lowered onto the barge.
Physical description
35mm
