Victory at Stalingrad; Casablanca conference; invasion of Italy; US troops attack by air

Identifier
irn1001250
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1102
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United Films (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Records world-wide war activities. Reel 5: (1943) The victory at Stalingrad is celebrated. FDR, Churchill, and de Gaulle confer at Casablanca. US and British troops meet in Tunisia; Gen. Eisenhower greets Gen. Montgomery. Bizerte, Tunis, and many German prisoners are captured. Sicily and Italy are invaded. Mussolini is ousted. The Italian fleet surrenders to Gen. Eisenhower. Naples greets US troops. Allied planes bomb and strafe enemy targets and down German fighters over Europe.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE)
  • STRAFING
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • SOVIET UNION
  • ITALY
  • TUNISIA
  • BOMBINGS
  • CONFERENCES
  • AIR FORCE (U.S.)
  • INVASIONS
  • MONTGOMERY, BERNARD
  • AIRPLANES
  • SURRENDER
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • PRISONERS (GERMAN)
  • CHURCHILL, WINSTON
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • CONFERENCE (CASABLANCA)
  • DE GAULLE, CHARLES
  • MUSSOLINI, BENITO
  • EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • Stalingrad, Soviet Union
  • Casablanca, Morocco
  • , Italy

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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