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Date released

1945

Series name

The Gen

Issue no

15

NoS ID

080920

Story no

1 / 5

Italian patriots parade in St Mark’s Square, Venice, to honour their liberators. Allied troops sightsee. Commentary emphasizes value of patriots’ contribution to North Italy campaign.

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New Tank Triumphs

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

58

NoS ID

156092

Story no

3 / 3

May 26th, 1942. American tanks for the Libyan campaign, manned by British. Seen in action in the Western Desert carrying anti-tank and machine guns. Artillery firing. Rommel’s "wreckage" on fire - burning...

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Benetton campaign - ASA reaction (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Caroline Crawford, Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), on Benetton’s controversial advertising campaign involving AIDS victims and blood-splattered babies. She says the Italian fashion...

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Viva L’Italia (1961)

aka: Garibaldi

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

History; Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £15.00/£12.00

To celebrate the centenary of the unification of Italy, the Italian government commissioned Rossellini to make a biopic of Giuseppe Garibaldi and his 1860 campaign to unify Italy. The result is visually...

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Liberation of Rome, The (1944 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A survey of the Allied Italian campaign from the first landing on 3 September 1943 to the liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944.

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Sicily

Date released

23 Aug 1943

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

120

NoS ID

156206

Story no

3 / 3

The Sicilian Campaign is over. A typical Sicilian town surrenders gladly to the Allies as tanks roll in. German prisoners. Men of the Yugoslav Pioneer Corps, captured by the Italians in the Balkans, clear up...

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Naples is a Battlefield (1944 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated....

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100th Edition

Date released

5 Apr 1943

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

100

NoS ID

156165

Story no

1 / 2

Introduction by Rt Hon Mr R G Casey, British Minister of State for the Middle East, who speaks of how War Pictorial News tries to give the true reflection of the pattern of events. The events leading up to...

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Warwork News. No 37 (1943 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

'Warwork News’ is a series of short newsreels produced during World War 2 for distribution in British factories. 1) ‘Food for thought’: a long item on factory canteens. The high nutritional value of...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Italy - Alexander’s Contribution

Date released

19 Jun 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

785

NoS ID

013143

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italy - Alexander’s Contribution. DESCRIPTION: The men of the Fifth Army soon made themselves at home in Rome. General Clark and General Alexander reviewed the troops and afterwards...

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