INVASION OF SICILY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INVASION OF SICILY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 502/6
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 17th Infantry Brigade in Sicily.
  • Description: A tank passing in the foreground with Augusta in the distance. Carriers passing an overturned enemy vehicle. Civilians giving troops lemons and troops eating them. Troops washing in a stream.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Morris, R H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 17th Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Augusta, Sicily, Italy (geography) Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event) 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
  • Notes: Summary: this sequence appears after AYY 507 on the film. Sergeant Morris notes in the dope sheet the hardships that the troops have experienced in the Sicilian campaign.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 502/6

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