WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 132 - AMERICAN VARIANT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 132 - AMERICAN VARIANT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: WPN 281
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  • Summary: An edition of the British official newsreel "War Pictorial News", produced by the Ministry of Information, Middle East aimed at an American audience (most likely US Forces).
  • Description: I. 'ARABIAN PRINCE VISITS CADETS.' Emir Feisal of Saudi Arabia visits the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in Maryland. Cadet officers of the "Regiment of Midshipmen" perform a march past as Feisal talks to the Superintendent of the academy, Admiral Bierdal USN. II. 'ALLIED ARMIES ON THE ROAD TO ROME.' An item covering the United States (US) 5th Army advance towards Rome. US 105mm howitzers fire at high elevation from the cover of camouflage netting. Smoke rises from a bombardment at the far side of a valley. US M4 Sherman tanks drive past the camera position at speed (the M4's carry an additional .50-inch air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun for anti-aircraft defence). US M10 Wolverine tank destroyers raise dust as they pass through an unidentified Italian hamlet. A US caterpillar tractor tows a 155mm field gun past the camera position. German Army prisoners of war are marched along a track by a US infantryman armed with a Garand .30-inch self loading rifle. A knocked-out German Army SdKfz 250 half-track rests stalled by the roadside. Extended footage shows a shell-damaged Italian village. US infantry walk along a section of the Appian Way (Via Appia). General Dwight D Eisenhower talks to General Mark W Clark (Commander US Fifth Army). Berthed United States Navy (USN) Tank Landing Craft fly barrage balloons in Naples Harbour. Brief footage shows Allied "Liberty" ships at sea. Close-up footage shows Randolph Churchill wearing the uniform of an officer in the Special Air Service (SAS). A USN rating wearing flak jacket and helmet mans a 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon. British Eighth Army M4 Sherman tanks, Jeeps and motorcycles drive off USN Tank Landing Craft (Salerno ?). III. 'RAIDS ON BURMA.' This item duplicates Item III of WPN 132. IV. 'THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 132.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: WPN 281
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-11-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information, Middle East (Production sponsor) War Pictorial News (Production company) Martin, Charles (Production individual) Keating, Rex1910-02-142005-01British newsreel commentator, WW2 period (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Feisal, King of Saudi Arabia (person) Bierdal (Admiral) (person) Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer (person) Clark, Mark Wayne (person) Eisenhower, Dwight David (person) United States Navy & US Naval Academy, Annapolis (regiment/service) United States Army & Army 5 (regiment/service) United States Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, Saudi Arabian international - state (object name) destruction, Italian military - area (object name) operations, United States military - movement (object name) transport, United States military - 2/3 wheel: motorcycle (object name) United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America (geography) Italy & Appian Way (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: Arabic
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 972 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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