Title:LE TRUPPE ITALIANE ALL' ATTACCO [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 49
Other titles:ITALIAN TROOPS ATTACK [Translation]
Summary: A newsreel item recording an early action by Italian army troops (probably of the 'Gruppo Cremona') fighting with the Allies against the Germans.
Description: The equipment and uniforms used are all British: the advance involves artillery support, mine-clearing, Churchill tanks and carriers, there are also scenes at a first aid post, with an ambulance-carrier, and of German prisoners of war captured in the attack.
Alternative Title:ITALIAN TROOPS ATTACK [Translation]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:COI 49
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944
Production Country: Italy
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Italian Army & Gruppo Cremona (?) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Italy (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: Italian
Title language: Italian
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 255 ft; Running time: 2 mins
