This is a silent news film compilation of World War II footage from approximately July-August, 1943 (Castle Films # 145), depicting the activities leading up to, including, and after the Sicilian campaign in Italy. Intertitles are as follows: -Bombs Rock Italy! -British “Lancasters” take off at dusk headed for the Italian mainland! -Target for tonight is Genoa – vital seaport! -Allied bombs burst amidst a chandelier of flares! -Gen. Jimmy Doolittle gives his pilots last minute instructions! -On to Rome – a blow that shakes all Europe! [probably July 19, 1943] -Railroad yards are smashed to tangled wreckage! -Victory in Sicily! -Under cover of big guns, troopships approach Sicily! -American assault troops! -Allied troops swarm across the sands of Sicily! [probably July 10, 1943] -Lieut. Gen. (Two-gun) [George] Patton goes ashore to direct the drive! -Canadians land! -Tons of supplies reach the beach-head! -Maj. Gen. [Lucian] Truscott -Heavy Allied artillery goes into action -Thousands of Italian soldiers pay the fatal toll! -Near Catania, British advance after taking Siracusa! -The “Tommies” under Gen. [Bernard] Montgomery push on! -Italian soldiers give up in droves! -Highlanders move up, pressing toward Mt. Etna! -An officer-prisoner gets stubborn! -[Hermann] Goering’s Division is captured! -Sicilian Cities are pulverized! -Americans, Britishers, and Canadians, tired but joyful, hail Victory in Sicily! – Unsure if this matches film, but seems likely, need to pull film and check title & contents to be sure – Ryan