British Troops Italy, Ike Gives Medals (1944)

Unissued / Unused material. Italy. Various shots of British soldiers on Italian farm making tea. An Italian woman hands a soldier a plate of spaghetti and starts to feed him. M/S as he manages to eat it himself. M/S women and soldiers washing clothes in a trough. C/U as little girl is fed. M/S soldier talking to elderly man with dog, the man gives the soldier a cigar. Good shots of soldiers and local children singing. M/S Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower talking to man in suit who presents him with a medal, dark shots. C/U as they shake hands. C/U Eisenhower pinning medals on officer, C/U Eisenhower. 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 LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932