Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops landing on Pantelleria after initial bombing and Italian prisoners surrendering. Prisoners helping to repair the bombed roads.
Description: 11 June. View from a ship of the island being bombed and targeted by shellfire from Allied naval craft. Men of the 1st Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry landing. Prisoners walking towards the soldiers. View from the ship of the damaged town and harbour. Prisoners on the quayside. Men of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry landing from the invasion craft. Bombs falling on enemy positions near the town. Knocked out enemy coastal guns. Prisoners giving themselves up. Prisoners arriving, one is holding a baby. The British flag is put up. Prisoners coming in from the heights overlooking the airfield.
12 June. A bulldozer working on a badly-bombed road. Prisoners helping to reconstruct a road. An invasion craft takes Italian prisoners on board. Prisoners boarding ships.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Italian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy (geography)
Operation Corkscrew 1943, Pantelleria, Italy, Second World War (event)
