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1944 ITALY / DEFENCE: World War 2: Cassino bombing by allied aircraft
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1:37Now PlayingDate: 27th March 1944
Location: CASSINO, ITALY
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
GV Cassino town being shelled.
SV New Zealand gunners firing 6pdr. anti-tank gun on hillside.
SV gunner pushing shell into breach.
SV 6pdr. fires
CU shell bursting in front of gun from return fire by Germans and 6pdr. fires.
SV loading shell into breach.
SV anti-tank gun fires.
LV New Zealanders firing German 75mm. gun.
BV firing gun. LV firing German gun.
LBV infantry moving forward towards town under cover of smoke.
SBV Troops running forward.
LV Bren gunners and riflemen firing from hillside into town.
SCU
BV Bren gunner firing from hillside.(ROTA BLUE)
GV pan showing completely ruined buildings and debris in Cassino.
SV wrecked buildings.
BV two soldiers looking out form cave in town.
GV shell bursts from German guns bursting in town.
LV shell bursting in debris.
CU soldier sniping with rifle from cave.
GV small explosion in town.
GV pan completely wrecked town of Cassino. (ORIG. NEG.)
AV Bostons flying in formation over water.
AV pan Bostons flying in large formation.(ROTA BLUE). ROTA BLUE & ORIG. DUPE NEG. & ORIG. NEG.
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