WWII - 1942, Italian Tanks & Crew Blessed; North Africa; Russian Front; Bombing Malta & Sicily

WWII - 1942, Italian Tanks & Crew Blessed; North Africa; Russian Front; Bombing Malta & Sicily 13:21:16 Tank crews at attention, Catholic priest blesses new Italian tanks & crews in religious ceremony & tank crew members are decorated. Drive away. 13:22:19 General Ettore Bastico visits South Tripolitania region, LIbya. Plane on barren desert; Italian officers past natives in robes saluting the Italians. MCU talking. CU military flag; officers reviewed, MCUs. Officer standing beside mounted machine gun looking w/ binoculars. Inspecting units in sandbagged pit. Natives inside fort watching, kids applauding officers. Saluting from balcony. 13:23:18 Russian Front. Finnish ski troops pulled behind horses & skiing thru rural farm village / buildings. Fire machine guns on Russian positions & advance behind tanks. Tanks & men firing. Dead / bodies. 13:24:46 Italian trucks & cars thru mud & melting snow. CU horses move thru deep water on Russian roads; aerials. 13:25:33 Train arrives & Croatian troops detrain, greeted by Italians. March along platform thru steam & up station steps. Saluting, gesturing. In field looking at map & battle front. Smoking in machine gun pit. GOOD 13:26:51 Large bombs loaded on German bombers; planes fly a bombing mission from Sicily to Malta. GOOD aerials. Explosions from air. Gun camera GSAP of fighting off attacking British planes over coast & port. VERY GOOD. 13:29:41 Italian warships, convoys, & planes in the Mediterranean. Men eating on board; relaxing. Large motor torpedo boat. The End. WW2; Fighting; Battles; Italian Newsreel; Operation Barbaroso; NOTE: VERY good quality & coverage.