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SAN PIETRO reformatted
About this film
The high quality 1.5GB mpeg2 file of this film found elsewhere at IA is reformatted here as a 358MB mpeg4 (mp4) with no loss in video quality. Filmed where it happened, when it happened, this is John Huston's acclaimed documentary on the 1943 battle of San Pietro in which more than 1000 US Army personal lost their lives, and which was one of the "minor" engagements of the twenty-month Italian Campaign in World War 2. Directed by John Huston (uncredited). Released in 1945. Complete print. a.k.a. "The Battle of San Pietro" NOTE: Raw camera footage from this film is here in the Short Format Films Collection (shorts) under the title "SAN PIETRO raw camera footage"
Directors & creators
United States Army
Subjects
documentaries; WW2; Battle of San Pietro 1943; Italy; USAR; General Mark Clark; John Huston (voice)