WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-2 (fragment 1) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-2 (fragment 1) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-05f
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 356-2 (fragment 1) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Newsreel item on damage done by Austrian shelling to Italian works of art at Nervesa on the River Piave, Italy, summer 1918.
  • Description: The villa of Berti Soderini at Nervesca, containing frescoes by Paolo Veronese, shows extensive damage as the result of an Austrian bombardment, "the Hun touch".
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-06-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: destruction, Italian military - area: artillery bombardment (object name) propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name) arts, Italian - fine arts (object name) buildings, Italian - historic: villa & [damaged] (object name) 01/3(45).8 (event) Italy & Nervesa, Veneto (geography) Italy & Piave (River) (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 78 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a and IWM 1061-01 for production details Summary: note that a fragment of the French version of this newsreel is IWM 660b, and that a further English fragment is IWM 1061-05i later in the reel. None of this material is duplicate Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-05a-i, the can is marked as IWM 1061-05
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-05f

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