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Title:INVASION OF SICILY (FIRST PHASE) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 502/1/4
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 17th Infantry Brigade landing on Sicily.
Description: Rear Admiral Troubridge, in charge of operations, viewing the landing. Shipping lying off the beach. Infantry marching up a lane from the beach. A corpse. A corpse lying in a deserted street in the village of Case Nuove. Infantry marching through a road block into the village. A painting of Mussolini over a shop in the village.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Morris, R H (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Troubridge, Thomas Hope (person)
Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (person)
British Army, 17th Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Keywords: Case Nuove, Sicily, Italy (geography)
Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
Italy 1939-1945 (theme)