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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 II, wwii, italian campaign, mt. castellone, battle of monte cassino, battle for rome |
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Synopsis: Allied forces attempt to take the town of Cassino, Italy using waves of B-17 bombers and massive artillery barrages... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 10 min BW |
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This film documents the battle for Cassino, Italy. Scenes of the countryside around Cassino. Uses a model of the area to explain the Allied positions and tactics used in an attempt to capture the town.
Warning leaflets are packed into thin metal artillery shells and fired into the area by 105 mm howitzers. Wave after wave of B-35 and B-17 bombers unload 500 tons of bombs on the Monastery of Monte Cassino in a four- hour period. When that failed to disloge the Germans 155 mm “long toms” were dragged into position and 240 mm howitzers brought to area and assembled. Bombers and artillery fire is used to demolish the town. The Germans held fast. Last scene is an area map with a swastika shown on top of the town.
Scenes Include: WWII Italian campaign, Mt. Castellone, Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as battle for Rome, artillery fire, Allied bombers and artillery in action, bomb and artillery explosions.
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