ITALY: Monte Cassino monastery destroyed by US air attack (1944)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Description not available Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: MONASTERY BOMBED (FIRST PICTURES) In one of the most outstanding film reports of war, Monte Cassino Monastery is shown being destroyed by tremendous US air attack. *** INTERMITTENTLY MUTE *** Cassino, Italy: GV bombs bursting over Anzio harbour. LV large invasion craft at sea. SV General Alexander on board landing craft - Anzio harbour in b-d. Angle shot Alexander. SV Alexander with officers on landing craft. GV Cassino road - milestone on side of same : “141 CASSINO KM. 2“. GTV pan devastated battle area near Cassino. LV wrecked area. LV wrecked huts in area. SV towards pan U.S. tank moving forward to Cassino area. BV tank along road. LV tanks firing in roadway to town of Cassino. SV tank firing in roadway into town. SV U.S. troops behind hedge watching. GTV