[Bombing raid on Benghazi and RAF B-24 Liberators] Middle East 17A

Opens with shot of bomb drop from 17500 ft on Benghazi harbour on 15 July 1942. Long shot of bomb explosions. Camera is very shaky. Airman holds slate and reverses slate which reads "Any news yet about my commission?". Long shot of airfield. Aircraft lands on airfield (camera is in the aircraft's nose). Shot of the pilot in the aircraft's cockpit. Scene of loading bombs into RAF B24 Liberator bombers. Bombs hoisted onto a truck by crane. Shot from inside bomb bay of airman whinching up bombs. Truck delivers bombs to B24. Bombs rolled off the truck. Assembly of bomb fins and bombing-up aircraft. Interior shot of B24 and the 2 waist gunners. Long shot of parked B24s. Ground crew cleaning plexiglass (some of the ground crew possibly Australians). Maintenance crews servicing engines. Shots of B24s taking off.