Brief Items (1944)

Item title reads - Brief items from the North East West South. Various locations. Various shots of ships at Attu in the Aleutians, men carry supplies through the snow. The camera pans across the frozen aerodrome. A snowplough clear the runways. Various shots of Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese who has been appointed Commander in Chief of the 8th Army. He poses for the cameras at his base in Italy. M/S of Major Paul Triquet who has been awarded Canada’s second Victoria Cross of the war. Various shots as he visits the graves of his men from the French-Canadian Royal 22 regiment who fell in assault on Casa Berardi. Various shots of the graves and the remaining men. He won the objective with only 15 men and two sergeants remaining. 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 P