Stricken Peninsula (1945)

Genre

documentary film

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How it feels

This short film shows the British Army helping to rebuild southern Italy after World War II. It focuses on their efforts to restore roads, hospitals, and other services.

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What happens

Stricken Peninsula is a 1945 British short propaganda film directed by Paul Fletcher and narrated by William Holt. It was made by the Army Film Unit and the British Ministry of Information for the Department of Psychological Warfare to highlight the British Army's reconstruction work in southern Italy in the immediate aftermath of World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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