INVASION OF SICILY (AUGUSTA) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INVASION OF SICILY (AUGUSTA) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 502/1/8
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men of the Special Raiding Squadron after capturing the port of Augusta, Sicily.
  • Description: View of Augusta with men of the Special Raiding Squadron (SRS) sitting outside a cafe. SRS men relaxing in the shade. The men singing around a looted piano. Various shots of the railway station, trucks, oil tanks and harbour.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 502/1/8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Morris, R H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Special Raiding Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Augusta, Sicily, Italy (geography) Italy 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 502/1/8

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