Title:SEQUENCES INVOLVING GENERAL GRUENTHER DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1559
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:(1) General Juin decorates French soldiers at Pompeii, Italy, 22 April 1944; other officers present include General Gruenther, General Monsabert (one of those being decorated), General Keyes and General Collier. (2) General Mark Clark and General Gruenther after entry into Rome, 4 June 1944; Italians crowd round the generals' jeep to congratulate them. (3) Fifth Army Staff Conference in building near Anzio, Italy, 2 June 1944. Generals Juin, Clark and Gruenther present. (4) [Numbered as Sequence 3 on shotcard] General Mark Clark is decorated by the British, 27 February 1944 (possibly by General Sir Harold Alexander). General Truscott and General Gruenther (2 stars) are also decorated. (5) [Numbered as Sequence 4 on shotcard] Senior officers of British and American commands on 1 May 1944. Among those present are Air Vice Marshal E F Dickson, Lieutenant General C W Allfrey, Lieutenant General A F Harding, Lieutenant Sir Oliver Leese, Brigadier General Lyman L Lemnitzer, General Mark Clark, Air Marshal M J D'Albiac, Major General G P Walsh, Major General Alfred Gruenther, Major General J Cannon, Brigadier General G P Saville and General Alexander. Generals Clark and Gruenther pose with other officers before a train.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
