THE FACTS RELATING TO A GERMAN MASSACRE - A RECORD OF THE FOSSE ARDEATINE INVESTIGATION [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE FACTS RELATING TO A GERMAN MASSACRE - A RECORD OF THE FOSSE ARDEATINE INVESTIGATION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 205
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  • Summary: Factual summary based on photographic stills and animation recalling the background, and cine film showing the exhumation and identification of the victims, and their mourning relatives, traces the reprisal killing by German soldiers inside the Ardeatine Caves of three hundred and thirty five Italians on 24 March 1944 after an Italian attack on SS soldiers in the Via Rasella, Rome, on the previous day.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 205
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 205)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
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  • Production Details: RAF Film Production Unit No 2 (Production company) Fosse Ardeatine Caves Commission, Psychological Warfare Branch (Production sponsor) United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Running time: 12 mins
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