SANTARCANGELO FALLS / GUNNERS MAINTAIN A SEARCHLIGHT [Allocated title]

Film: IWM 814/1-6

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In northern Italy, near the border with San Marino, Italian civilian refugees are fed by the British Army.

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In Santarcangelo di Romagna in northern Italy, Gurkha troops of 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles (43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade) take cover in a house, and gunners of 422nd Independent Searchlight Battery do maintenance work on one of their searchlights.

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Traffic from the US 91st Division passes German defences at the Futa Pass in northern Italy, including a 'Pantherturm' emplacement using the turret of a Panther tank at Santa Lucia, concrete gun bunkers, and anti-tank ditches.

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At Futa Pass Brazilian Minister of War General Eurico Gaspar Dutra, and the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force General Mascarenhas de Morais meet US General Mark Clark and American troops of US 2nd Corps.

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British troops of B Company, 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders move up from Biforco towards Marradi, as a bulldozer clears rubble in Biforco.

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British troops of 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the march near San Godenzo.

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35mm

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Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gunn, J (Production individual)
Jessiman, James (Production individual)
Deeming, Eric (Production individual)
Elvin, A R N (Production individual)
Ostinelli, Les (Production individual)
Production date: 1944-09-24, 1944-09-25, 1944-09-27
Place made: United Kingdom
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: AYY 814/1-6

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