Results

Fall of Catania

Date released

12 Aug 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/64

NoS ID

100054

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Troops advancing through Catania. Engineers with mine detectors clearing stretch of road before bren gun carrier moves through. Some Sicilian civilians start to loot buildings that the Germans have evacuated...

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

The Fall of Catania

Date released

12 Aug 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1364

NoS ID

147466

Story no

4 / 5

First thrilling pictures of the entry of allied troops into the Sicilian town of Catania.

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

A Fallen Tyrant

Date released

6 Sep 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/71

NoS ID

100090

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Desario Birancati, one of the most hated Fascists in Sicily, arrives at a former Fascist HQ in Catania to face interrogation by a military tribunal. He pleads and begs for mercy before being led away.

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fall of Catania (First Pictures)

Date released

12 Aug 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

740A

NoS ID

012793

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fall of Catania. DESCRIPTION: General Montgomery’s big attack on Catania came to fruition on the fifth of August. The population of Catania were pleased to welcome our troops....

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Sicily: Latest

Date released

2 Aug 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/61

NoS ID

100045

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

8th Army nearing Catania. On the outskirts of Enna some opposition from Italian snipers. Food is handed out to the civilian population of Floridia. Sherman tanks rumble through the old streets of...

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Catania: Fire And Snow In The Etna

Date other

4 Mar 1930

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

384847

Extras

1 film clip

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Allies Push on in Sicily

Date released

26 Jul 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1359

NoS ID

147450

Story no

1 / 1

Sweeping towards Catania.

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Catania Captured. Successful Climax of the Great Battle in Sicily

Date released

12 Aug 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1002

NoS ID

063797

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

The Approach to Catania, Including

Date released

8 Aug 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1001

NoS ID

063794

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

General Montgomery presented with sun glasses.

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Advancing on Catania. Harder Going as the Armies Push North in Sicily

Date released

2 Aug 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

999

NoS ID

063788

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image