British Troops Land at Marzamemi in Sicily
Photo credit - History in Sicily
Introduction: The website 'Critical Past' has an extensive collection of videos and still images, and many concern significant events during WW2 in which Canadians in Combined Operations were involved. A price tag is attached to high-resolution videos and stock images but one can find access to the same material in low-resolution video but with the website's title displayed in the centre. Please note: The above photo and the video presented may not be concerned with the same troops at the same location.
Link to Critical Past - British Troops Unload in Sicily
Synopsis - British troops land at Marzamemi in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Freighters and transports lying off shore. Landing barges head towards a beach. British soldiers debark. Men, equipment, vehicles and armor being unloaded at the beach. Gasoline and oil cans stacked on the beach. British soldiers form a bucket brigade as they pass more cans from an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) to the beach.
Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, July 9
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Alternate video, perhaps better quality, at Critical Past on YouTube
Please link to Video: "Invasion of Sicily, Italy by Allies"
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