WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 133 [NOV. 22]
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Date: 2011-04-01

WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 133 [NOV. 22] - National Archives and Records Administration 1943 - ARC 39190, LI 208-WP-133 - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes.  Series: Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels, compiled 1943 - 1945.  Part 1 shows U.S. "Marauder" bombers flying in formation and bombing Ger. airfields in France. Part 2 shows wreckage of a post office in Naples after a time-bomb has exploded. Wounded U.S. soldiers receive medical treatment. Italians apply for work at the city hall. U.S. bombers take off from an airstrip in southern Italy and bomb enemy installations. Part 3, a bridge over the Volturno river is repaired and troops of the U.S. 5th Army cross it. Part 4, King George and Queen Elizabeth inspect the 4th Indian Div. at Buckingham Palace. Part 5, Churchill presents a sword to Russ. Amb. Gusev commemorating Stalingrad's liberation. Russ. civilians receive awards at Stalingrad; wreaths are placed on tombs. Part 6, Russ. troops load and fire mortars and field guns in Stalingrad; inf. advances past abandoned Ger. equipment; Ger. POW's are rounded up; and a pillbox explodes.