8th Army News AKA Eighth Army News 1944

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Title reads: "Eighth Army News".

Italy.

Various shots of General Bernard Montgomery (aka Monty), General Alexander and General Alanbrooke (aka General Alan Brooke) being greeted by General Bernard Freyberg at the New Zealand H.Q. in Italy. The Generals inspect a line of German prisoners....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44477
Sort Number:
44/002
Time in/Out:
01:38:46:00 / 01:39:52:00
Canister:
44/2
Film ID:
1348.24
Issue Date:
06/01/1944

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