The Italian Battlefield
Series
- Series Name
- War Pictorial News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- The Allies liberate Southern Italy. Peasants, who have been driven from their homes, are helped by the British soldiers to return. Difficulty in tank movement. Italian former Commandant explains to Royal Engineers the places where Germans have left booby traps and mines. British artillery in action on the drive to Naples. Allied armies fight way towards Rome. Under the protection of the navy and air force supplies - food, ammunition, guns etc, pour ashore.
- Keywords
- Weapons; Aviation; Occupied territories; Navy; Military
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Rex Keating
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- 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.
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'The Italian Battlefield', War Pictorial News Issue No. 129, 25 Oct 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/156232 (Accessed 22 Jul 2025)