Italian Newsreel Giornale #197 Part 1

Description

SUMMARY: Reward for Valor: Military rites on the occasion of the King's birthday. At an airport in Northern Italy, the commander of an air squadron passes in review the crews of a wing to which a new flag is presented. The journalist, Arnaldo Cappellini, and the camera men of the Luce National Institute, Lamberto Urbani and Angelo Jannarelli, are decorated for valor. The Marriage Tram: The war-time nuptial tram operating for the first time in Milan. The tram is a car adorned festively with orange blossoms and white tulle. Light Metals: The new home of the Experimental Institute for Light Metals, near the Guido Donegani research center. The Spectrographic Laboratory which constitutes the most complete Italian installation of its kind is worth special attention. A new alloy is now being studied. From a piece of metal cast in this manner a small sample is taken, carefully polished, exposed to a chemical reagent, and then taken under the microscope. How an aluminum-nickel alloy looks when greatly enlarged. Rays too are employed in metalography. Passing through the metal pieces they reveal the presence of cavities, cracks, and foreign matter not otherwise detected. This apparatus which is called a photoelasticity meter serves to determine the value of mechanical forces. Here, finally, is physical apparatus of a suggestive nature; a Rumkorff rocket. The opening of an electric circuit induces a tension of several million volts which generates sparks about 10 cm long. Russian Front: The battle of the Black Sea. Units of the German and Rumania navies sow mines along the Soviet ship lanes. German aviation attacking Russian transports. A ship is struck. Advance from Mariupol to Taganrog. Attack at Taganrog. Taganrog is taken. Assault units pursue the Bolsheviks. Fuel depots set on fire by the Reds. Attacking the last Russian line of defense in the Northern Caucasus. Meeting Between Ciano and the Fuhrer: The welcome of Ministervon Ribbentrop to Count Ciano who arrives in Germany to arrange for common lines of action. Count Ciano at the Fuhrers General Headquarters. Cordial encounter with Adolf Hitler. The Italian Ambassador Alfieri. The end of the conversations which took place in the spirit of traditional friendship and proven comradeship of the two peoples.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division