Arms Pour into Sicily

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/27

Paramount Issue No.

1292

Date Released

19 Jul 1943

Released by Paramount

19 Jul 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Other Man’s Job
2. 2Warrior of the Week
3. 3Mubo Wrested from Japanese
4. 4Arms Pour into Sicily

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Bombs and heavy transport vehicles are ferried across the Sicilian Channel preparatory to the invasion of Sicily. The Eighth Army sets out from North Africa, first packing its equipment. Much of the latter is American-made - a good example of Anglo-American co-operation. Shots of Montgomery. Paratroopers prepare to drop behind enemy lines. Invasion flotilla leaves for Sicily.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weapons; Navy; Military

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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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