Italian Fleet Smashed 1941

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Title reads: "Italian Fleet smashed".

Location of events unknown, probably the Mediterranean.

Various shots of Italian navy's fleet sailing out to sea. Low angled shot of naval officer and Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) standing on deck of ship. More shots of fleet. Various shots of Adolf...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38663
Sort Number:
41/027
Time in/Out:
01:25:36:00 / 01:27:11:00
Canister:
41/27
Film ID:
1111.24
Issue Date:
03/04/1941

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