The first sequence consists of male and female peasants in Malta working on the land. The second sequence consists of officers and men relaxing on an airfield somewhere in North Africa, shaving, receiving letters, bathing, etc. The third sequence consists of flame-throwing practice in England, as part of Petroleum Warfare Bureau (PWB) trials at Porthcurno, Cornwall on 22 September 1943 . Firstly automatic flame-throwers on the beach. Then very dramatic shots of flame-throwing armoured vehicles attacking a bunker. All the sequences are covered in long-shot, close-up and from various angles. The camerawork is good and the colour quality is good throughout.

The last few minutes of the film are post-war (probably early 1960s) showing a group of three men returning to the battlefields of France. Shots include a probable reunion with a French family and a visit to Paris. They are touring in a Bedford sleeper-van.

Unedited colour material shot by an official RAF cameraman in Malta, a North African airstrip and England.

Notes

See also ARY 74, with RAF dopesheet identifying location and date.

Remarks: some excellent colour material here, especially of the RAF relaxing and of the flame-throwing.