Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 748A (7 OCTOBER 1943) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 748 A
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Summary:
Description: I. "Italian Fleet reach Alexandria." RN ships, including 'King George V', escort part of the Italian Fleet, the battleships 'Italia' and 'Vittorio Veneto' and four destroyers, to Alexandria where Rear-Admiral Oliva goes on board the flagship to report to Admiral Sir John Cunningham. Movietone reporter Jim Humphreys (not seen) is catapulted off a ship in a Walrus to film the ships at sea.
II. "The Fifth and Eighth on road to Rome." As US troops move through wooded hills on the Salerno-Naples front, a "Long Tom" (155mm gun) pounds the enemy. Towns already captured are Battipaglia and Eboli which appear heavily damaged following Allied aerial and artillery assault. Consolidation continues in the heel of Italy as supplies are unloaded in Taranto where "life has returned to normal." A fire blazes on the front at Bari.
III. "French Squadron bombs Paris." Bostons of the Lorraine Squadron take off and fly low over the Channel and countryside of France before releasing their bombs on a power station in Paris. Aerial film shows bombs exploding and clouds of smoke rising in the sky.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 748 A
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-10-07
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 663 ft; Running time: 7 mins
