Sicily

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

120

Date Released

23 Aug 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News from England
2. 2New Zealand
3. 3Sicily

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

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 the debris caused by Allied bombing and artillery. They volunteer to join Allies. Scenes of starvation in the small town of Solarpino. The soldiers give away their own rations to the starving. The official Allied distribution of food to the populace. Italian prisoners.

Keywords

War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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