Motion Picture MP2016-17
Administrative Information
News film compilation of World War II footage from June, 1944 (Castle Films # 153), depicting battles between the Allied forces and Axis forces in Rome, Italy and Normandy, France.
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Shot List
Intertitles are as follows:
-Rome! Falls to Allies
-Determined American Tank and Infantry columns move in a final thrust toward the gates of the Eternal City!
-Rome falls as our troops silence Nazi shell fire within the city!
-The Eternal City is completely liberated from Nazi rule
-Victorious Allied troops pour into the city that is called “The Cradle of Civilization!”
-U.S. General Mark Clark, Commander of the gallant Fifth Army arrives!
-First Axis-held capital to fall! One down – two to go!
-Invasion! Of Fortress Europe
-Invasion! The most terrific air bombardment ever unleashed upon occupied France!
-Roads, bridges, planes and airfields are destroyed!
-June 6, 1944 D-Day!
-Men!
-Gliders!
-Munitions!
-Embarkation!
-Across the English Channel goes the mightiest military force in history
-4,000 ships – 11,000 planes!
-H-Hour! United States and British Naval ships silence Nazi coastal fortifications!
-Under deadly cross fire our assault troops swarm onto the Normandy beaches!
-Yanks, Tommies, and Canadian fighters take beachhead after beachhead!
-Soldiers of Hitler’s master race meet their masters!
-Nazi airfields and planes are torn asunder!
-General [Dwight D.] Eisenhower with Lieutenant General [Omar] Bradley, Field Commander!
-Britain’s General Sir Bernard Montgomery!
-The battle for Fortress Europe begins! It will end only when victory is achieved!
This News Parade newsreel was produced by Castle Films and edited by Eugene W. Castle.