Anniversary of the Anzio Landings

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2592

Date Released

4 Feb 1979

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Holbein Exhibition
2. 2Anniversary of the Anzio Landings

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anzio Landings Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: Thirty five years ago the Allied Forces landed at Anzio to begin the push towards Rome. During the Battle, Fusilier Christopher Hayes found and befriended a six year old orphaned girl, Angelita Rossi. For nine days Angelita was cared for by British soldiers and then she was killed by shrapnel. In this, the International Year of the Child, a statue of Angelita is unveiled at Anzio, as a memorial to all who perished in the Battle and Mr Hayes was present at the ceremony. With archive film we remember the Beach Head at Anzio and those who lie in the surrounding cemeteries. SHOTLIST: CU model of Anzio landing. Ditto. MS Anzio veteran Mr Christopher Hayes and Mrs Hayes walking along beach. GV Anzio Beach. Library Material (B/W) - Planning staff meeting - CU Eisenhower, Tedder & Montgomery. Various of Invasion Fleet and of the Dawn Landings 1944. Colour: various of Anzio today. Library Material - B/W Anzio Ruins. Colour: Photographs of women in ruins and troops in street Library Material - B/W troops and General Alexander, RA Troubridge, General M Clark USA. Colour: Anzio Beach, Mr Hayes and wife on beach. Mr Hayes scooping up sand with tin helmet. CU ditto. MS Italian children present flowers to Mrs Hayes. CU ditto. LAS Union Jack. GV crowd. Pan military attaches, British, French, German etc. MS Mr Hayes presented with bouquet pan to statue unveiled (6 year old orphan adopted by troops, Angelita Rossi). CU statue. MS Mr Hayes. MCU military opponents shake hands. Various of statue. CU picture troops pose outside ‘Anzio Ritz’. Library Material B/W: Troops advance from Anzio. CU sign to troops advancing. Colour: Emblem over US cemetery at Nettuno pan to gateway. GV war grave crosses. MS ditto showing Jewish star. Pan crosses. MS gateway to Beachhead War Cemetery. GV British War Graves Commission headstones. CU headstone. Various of headstone. Library Material B/W: Troops marching.

Keywords

Commemorations; Children; Ceremonies

Locations

Italy; Anzio

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

79/10

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

473

Story extras:

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