- Title: English Eighth Army under Montgomery invades Italy
- Date: 3rd September 1949
- Summary: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Our Armies in Italy ITALY: Reggio di Calabria: Messina: EXT British Army invades Italy including footage of boats and airplanes English army in Italy AEROPLANES R.A.F. First airport seized by Allies in Italy..outside Reggio di Calabria..men sit on planes ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT Troops embark L.C.I's at Sicilian Port..across straits of Messina..land on beaches (Italy) BABIES Soldier holds baby in arms during advance thro' Italy DUCKS (U.S. Amphibious 3 ton lorries) Naval motor launch towing Duck takes Montgomery from Sicily to Italy..Ducks land on beaches..lined up in harbour (Sicily) ..troops embark FLAGS. White Ensign flies over Reggio Harbour MAP. Officers study map on roadside in Italy MILITARY BRITISH. Troops embark in L.C.I's in Sicilian port..Montgomery crosses Straits of Messina to mainland in Naval Motor Launch..tours front in Duck..inspects troops.. officers study map on roadside..land tanks etc. watched by Italians..White Ensign over Reggio Harbour.. Italian hospital..Tommy holds baby in arms barrage from Sicily covers the attack MONTGOMERY Lt. General. Crossing Starts of Messina in Naval Motor Launch..tours Italian mainland in Duck..inspects troops standing in bows looking thro' glasses NAVAL BRITISH. Naval motor launch towing Duck takes Montgomery to Italy from Sicily..Ducks crossing Straits & land.. wrecked ships in Reggio Harbour..ship set on fire by enemy..huge columns of smoke & explosions.. barrage etc..bombs dropping in water SHIPPING. Ammo ship goes up off Italy TANKS. Italian civilians watch land tanks passing thro' countryside in Italy Military - Active liberatoion, liberator, liberators, prisoners of war, POWs, soldiers, soldier, Reggio di Calabria, World War II, Second World War, World War 2, war, WWII, Operation Baytown, Eighth Army, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Sicily, Benito Mussolini, Il Duce, landing craft, LST, Matilda tanks, destroyers, combat ships, warships, naval guns
- Embargoed: 18th September 1949 13:00
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVAB47AZ5ILUR2MU3C6EJMV9YXWH
- Story Text: General Montgomery and the British Eighth Army attack the soft underbelly of Europe in liberation of Italy during Operation Baytown
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