Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.
Title reads: "Sidelights on our Springbok Army Activities Up North."
South Africa.
Good shot of elderly couple listening to radio.
North Africa - Possibly Kenya or Abyssinia / Ethiopia.
Shots of a road construction group of soldiers using diggers and bulldozers. A radio commentator interviews men and checks the recordings on a disk / record in a mobile studio. More shots of construction work.
Shots of men working in field workshops. Shots of men using lathes, welding and as blacksmiths. Shots of a man getting his haircut by a barber while seated outside in the Bush. Shots of a heavy bulldozer at work.
Shots of members of the South African Women's Army doing trick riding on motorcycles.
View of a packed troopship coming into harbour. Soldiers wave from the ship. They disembark and walk off with heavy packs. Closer shots of soldiers. (Voiceover uses derogatory term 'Wops' to describe the Italian forces they will be fighting). Troops leave harbour on train.
A South African regiment carries out the ceremony of the retreat in a Beau Geste type desert fort. They have a bagpipe band and the British Union Jack flag is lowered.
Supply train brings supplies of vehicles and field artillery guns. Soldiers unload the train. The guns are loaded onto lorries which drive off to the front.
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