SICILY WAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SICILY WAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4340
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN LEONARD PERRY [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Leonard Perry, when commanding workshops of 524 Company RASC, records his departure from Alexandria on SS Ocean Peace, landing under fire of supplies during Allied invasion of Sicily, British Army soldiers helping Sicilian save his blazing house in Avola, and advance to Siracusa in July 1943.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN LEONARD PERRY [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 4340
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM © IWM (MGH 4340)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-1943
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:Perry, Leonard George (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft; Running time: 17 mins (at 16 fps)
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