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WWII Allies Spend Easter Amidst A Refugee Crisis in Italy
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keywords: wwii, italian front, easter ceremony, naples war refugees
Synopsis: On the Italian Front an unofficial armistice occurs as both Allies and Germans sit in their fighting trenches listening to Easter Services broadcasted across the battlefield while in Naples Italy war refugees are treated, clothed and fed ready to sent to relative safety away from the fighting (2007-263f.txt)...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:00:59
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Italy
WWII Allies Spend Easter Amidst A Refugee Crisis in Italy
A two-hour Easter armistice enables the Yanks to observe Easter properly. Impressive Catholic and Protestant services are held, boys pray in their fox holes—and the entire proceedings are broadcast across No Man’s Land, for German ears. The Allied Control Commission humanely handles the thousands of pathetic refugees who require clothing, food and bivouac until the tides of war roll by. Shows many women, children, and baby refugees.
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- Newsreels: 1944 - April 20
