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1944 ITALY: World War 2: Eighth Army keeps up pressure on Southern front
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0:55Now PlayingDate: 3rd February 1944
Location: GESSOPALENA, ITALY
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: ITALIAN OFFENSIVES INTENSIFIED
ITALY: Gessopalena:
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GV town of Gessopalena on hillside - 8th army front. GV battery firing in snow in mountains. SBV gun firing. CU gun firing. LV troops with rifles through thick snow. CU soldier in ruins. SV pan two soldiers through thick snow. CU soldier smiling with rifle. LTV French troops climbing snow covered mountain road. SV French troops climbing snow covered mountain road. SV General Henri Giraud (French Army) shaking hands with medical officer at casualty clearing station. LV General Giraud talking to medical officers. LV German prisoners walk up mountain road. SV Giraud being helped down small incline by officers. SV German prisoners talking to French troops. SV German prisoners PAN to Giraud saluting. GV Italian mountains. SV sighting and loading gun. LV gun firing. SV gun firing. GV shells bursting in mountains. LV French tank firing on mountain road. SV French tank firing. SV French troops along road. GTV French troops along road towards camera.
Military - Active; Military - Ceremonial; Exiles; Personalities - Armed Forces; Henri Honore Giraud (1879-1949)
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