Sicily: Zero Hour (1943)

Full title reads: ’SICILY: ZERO HOUR“. Various Locations. Various shots of packing and loading of weapon containers into the planes. Various shots of the briefing for the raid. Several shots of General Bernard Montgomery visiting men of the Airborne Division prior to the raid. Various shots of the men of the British and U.S. armies preparing for the invasion, they put on parachutes and check their equipment as dusk falls. Various shots at twilight of the Dakota planes of the USA Air Force heading out towards Sicily. Aerial bombardment at night by Lancasters over Turin. Various shots of Canadian and British troops embarking onboard ships in North African port. Convoy moves off for Sicily. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collect