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1943 Closing stages of the last battle in Africa
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1:07Now PlayingDate: 27th May 1943
Location: Unspecified
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Victory in Africa First Pictures from Cape Bon
AFRICA: Cape Bon Peninsula:
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AEROPLANE R.A.F. U.S. Army Air Force w. R.A.F. in FLYING FORTRESSES over Sicilian Channel..B.17. w. tail turret shot away
AEROPLANES AMERICAN w.R.A.F. in FLYING FORTRESSES over Sicilian Channel..B.17. w. tail turret shot away
FREYBERG. Maj Gen.B.C. V.C. G.O.C. N.Z.E.F Introduces Marshal Messe to Montgomery in N.Africa
GERMAN MILITARY Von Arnim at airport en route to England..smiling Germans captured at Cape Bon..picked up by R.Navy off coast..dead German by side of boat
ITALY - Military. Marshal Messe surrenders to 8th Army..introduced to Gen. Montgomery by Gen. Freybourg
MESSE MARSHAL (ITALIAN) Surrenders to 8th Army..w. Gen.Montgomery
Military British FIRST PICTURES FROM CAPE BON..prisoners taken, smiling Germans..deserted gun & searchlight positions.. Marshal Messe surrenders to 8th Army..Gen. Freybourg introduces Messes to Gen. Montgomery..von Arnim at airport in N.A. en route to England
MONTGOMERY LT.GENERAL w. Marshal Messe when he surrenders to 8th Army at Cape Bon
NAVAL Destroyer on patrol off CAPE BON..navy bombard.. escaped German prisoners picked up..of board w. Br: crew..take prisoners back to N.A. for internment.. dead German in water beside boat
PRISONERS OF WAR. Prisoners taken at CAPE BON.(Germans)..looking happy..Marshal Messe surrenders..w.Gen.Montgomery..& Gen. von Arnim at airport
SHIPPING BATTLER miniature aircraft carrier..Planes on deck, crews go to gun stations..adjusting torpedoe on plane
SURVIVORS. Germans picked up in boats & from water when Cape Bon falls
VON ARNIM COLONEL GENERAL (German) At airport in North Africa before coming England
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setback, US army airforce, Italian islands, flying, airplanes, Italian targets, North Africa, antiaircraft, B17, Sicilian Channel, docks and shipping World War II, Second World War
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