PERSONAL RECORD. SIDEY, TKS. [ITALY, SANGRO, CASSINO, POMPEII]

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Year
1943
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F36165
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Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1943
Reference
F36165
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:11:24
Credits
Photography: Thomas Kay Sidey

00:58:21 Two soldiers in silhouette, pan around river [Sangro] and snow-covered mountains, camp in foreground. Buildings, mountain village [Castelfrentano]. Views of soldiers building road. Army vehicles sliding in mud up mountain road. Soldiers standing outside building. Village buildings. Local children, soldiers in background. Soldier gives children [sweets]. Snow in village, snow-covered landscape. Army vehicle drives through snowy landslkklkocape. Soldiers outside house [6 Brigade headquarters]. Local girls drawing water from well. Pipe band playing outside in snow-covered landscape [5 Brigade band]. Landscape. Bombed buildings, locals walking down road carrying belongings [Orsogna]. Views town buildings and coast . Plane takes off from beach. Buildings on cliff. Soldier beside vehicle. Harbour. Snow-covered mountains.

Locals doing washing in street, standing in front of buildings. Jeep drives up steps. Woman turning wheel in street. View of buildings across rooftops. Local children. Local women washing beside water. Soldiers sitting and standing in street. Woman spinning. Army vehicles parked under trees [6 Brigade headquarters] Army soldiers march in formation [6 Brigade parade] Army officers. Soldiers in rowboats. Jeep ferried across river on two boats. Soldiers row across river [Laying cable over river] Naples harbour, Mt Vesuvius in background. Views of buildings and detail of buildings, Pompeii. Amphitheatre Pompeii. Red cross vehicle, soldiers proceed up Vesuvius, views of mountain and countryside, smoke rising from Vesuvius. Silhouette of soldiers, molten lava is thrown up, stick digs into molten lava.

New Zealand Army parade. Soldiers march across field, jeeps drive across field. Landscape [Liri Valley] Flooded landscape. [Looking back from our forward position Cassino showing flooded approaches]. Soldiers outside 6 Brigade headquarters. Buildings on hill [Monte Cassino Abbey]. Soldiers with local woman and baby. Jeeps drive in background, snow-covered mountains and countryside in background. Stone building. Soldiers on road. French woman ambulance driver. Army tents. War planes in air. Spectacular views of bombing of Cassino, smoke rises. Tank drives down snow on road. Soldiers resting beside river. Soldiers having cup of tea. Blossom in foreground, river in background. Bombed buildings [coast north of Naples].