Allied Forces capture Sicily (1943)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Aerial view of Sicily after Allied troops defeat the Nazis in 1943 Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Closing Chapters in Sicily - The Capture of Messina ITALY: Sicily: EXT FLAGS. Hoisting Union Jack & U.S. flags in Messina GUNS. PRIEST gun barrage background ITALY Capture of mainland from Sicily MILITARY BRITISH. Troops & tanks enter guns hands cigarettes to U.S. & Union Jack. MONTGOMERY Lt. General. Hands out cigarettes to troops MOUNT ETNA. In background when British artillery fire. SHIPPING. Wrecked Axis shipping in Messina harbour..& aerial SICILY. CAPTURE OF . Etna in across Straits to w. shipping in fire aggressive o