Bodies Of Us Airmen In Rome (1946)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Paris, France. A huge fire in Paris causes £1,000,000 of damage and renders 300 homeless. Elevated shot of the fire, pan to blazing buildings, firemen play hoses onto the flames. Large fire escape ladder silhouetted against the flames. M/S of the shells of burning buildings. Italy. The coffins of 5 American airmen are brought to a chapel in Ciampino, Rome. M/S’s as the bodies of the 5 American airmen killed by Marshal Tito’s army are brought in flag draped coffins from a plane at Ciampino airport. They are driven slowly in the back of army trucks through the streets to the chapel. M/S’s of American officers and men saluting as they pass. M/S as American soldiers carry the coffins into the chapel. Possibly connected with 46/72 - MD. 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