New Italian - Yugoslav Border (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown. Gorizia - Italian - Yugoslav border. M/S of US troops marching through Gorizia. C/U of Major General CH Lee of the US forces saluting. L/S of US troops lined up. Elevated view of the crowd assembled at the formal military handing over ceremony. Girls pin flags to the tunics of American soldiers. CU Major General Lee addressing the crowd (mute). Shots of windows and balconies of houses flying Italian flags. Shot of Italian flag flying over the Town Hall. White leaflets bearing the word ’Italie’ litter the ground. C/Us of two ’Carabinieri’ in full dress uniform. M/S of leaflets burning as onlookers watch. Shot of a guard post. M/S of a street, part of which is Yugoslav and part Italian. A US soldier marks the frontier line with white wash. A peasant woman rails at removal men who are taking her furniture away and frantically tears up letters from bureau drawer. Shot of a cow and cowshed on the demarcation line.