LIBYA / DEFENCE: World War II: Field Marshall Smuts in Western Desert (1941)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Footage of Field Marshal Jan Smuts and his wife Isie Krige visiting soldiers in Libya during the Second World War. Full Description: LIBYA: Western Desert: EXT AIR TO AIR shot of planes INT PLANE Field Marshal Jan Smuts (Prime Minister of South Africa) looking out of plane window EXT AIR TO AIR shot of clouds AIR TO AIR shot of escort Tomahawks INT PLANE Side view of Smuts inside plane EXT TRACKING SHOT from plane as it comes in to land Field Marshal Smuts along with officers Troops standing to attention Smuts inspecting soldiers Fighter planes flying overhead Smuts shaking hands with officers Smuts and officers looking at map Isie Krige (Mrs Smuts - wife of Field Marshal Smuts) shaking hands with men Back view of Smuts in car through lines of cheering men Smuts and officers walking across desert rubble Officer exp