Monastery Bombed (First Pictures)

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/42

Paramount Issue No.

1356

Date Released

28 Feb 1944

Released by Paramount

28 Feb 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Monastery Bombed (First Pictures)
2. 2The Other Man’s Job: The "Eyes" of the Warrior

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

General Alexander supervises the supply of reinforcements and Boston aircraft in Monte Cassino, where a Benedictine monastery has been used by the enemy as a fortress. Allies push Germans in Monte Cassino further back, and warn Italians to leave the monastery before the bombing raid. Allied air attack on monastery; fire bombs destroy German machine gun nests on the hillsides.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Aviation; 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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