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Object description
Men of the 151st Brigade, 51st Division entering Catania and being greeted by civilians and police.
Content description
Distant view of Italian soldiers running alongside farm buildings on the outskirts of Catania. Shells bursting in the town. A soldier looking through binoculars at an observation post. Men of the 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry advancing towards Catania. One man watches for enemy activity through binoculars. Soldiers jumping over a low wall. A machine gunner stands ready to give covering fire. Sappers sweeping the road for mines. Bren carriers moving up behind the minesweepers, one has 'Coronarch' painted on the side. An engineer sergeant removing a Teller mine. Various shots of men of the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry entering the town and being greeted by civilians. Various shots of civilians waving handkerchiefs, civilians trying to shake hands with the troops, and filling the soldiers' water bottles. Women and children in the street greeting troops. An elderly lady talking to a soldier on a Bren carrier. Crowds applauding as Bren carriers move through the streets. Shot from a moving Bren carrier of people cheering. A nurse with a cross on her uniform. People running in the street. An officer is lifted onto the shoulders of the crowd. Further shots of people applauding and waving. Flowers strewn over a Bren carrier. Women smiling at the camera. The civilian police force assembled in the Barrack Square, cheering the arrival of British troops, headed by the Commandant. Various shots of police and soldiers smiling at the camera. British infantry advancing up a street and across a mass of debris.
Physical description
35mm
