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| Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage |
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Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
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| Available in NTSC formats: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| Available in PAL formats: (72 hr. turn-around) |
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| DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| keywords: war, combat, world war two, wwII, europe, italy, sicily, palermo, bomber, bombers, bombing, air strikes |
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Synopsis: Sicily becomes the next theater of operation for the Allies, bombers begin to soften up defenses, Palermo is taken... (read more) |
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Information: 1949 19 min BW |
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This film documents the invasion of the Island of Pantelleria and the invasion and capture of Sicily, code name Operation Husky by the American 7th Army and the British 8th Army.
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Casablanca. Stockpiling of equipment and supplies in North Africa for the Sicilian invasion. Bombing, invasion, and capture of the island of Pantelleria. Italian pow’s prisoners of war. Construction of airfield. Convoy of invasion ships. Night naval bombardment of invasion beaches on Sicily. Airborne troops jumping from plane over Sicily. Shows LST’s and landing craft. Lt. General George Patton, Commander of the American 7th Army, on the beach. Destroyed German equipment and dead soldiers. 7Th Army tanks and infantry advancing. 7th Army captures Palermo. General Eisenhower and Lt. General Patton shown. British 8th Army under command of General Montgomery in action near Mount Etna.
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