BATTLE OF SICILY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BATTLE OF SICILY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 512/2/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Sherman tanks of the 44th Royal Tank Regiment firing into the town of Catania from the plain.
  • Description: Officers talking. Two Sherman tanks with guns firing. View of the countryside around Catania, showing Mount Etna in the background. Close up of the gun on the tank firing.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 512/2/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AYY 512/2/2)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Currey (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Regiment, 44th Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Catania, Sicily, Italy (geography) Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 90 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 512/2/2

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