Sicilians See Allied Military Govt. At Work Aka Sicilian Government military (1943)

Unused / unissued material - paperwork dates it as 1943. Sicily, Italy. Title reads “Sicilians See Allied Military Govt. At Work“. Various shots show Sicilian civilians reading a poster on a wall that gives details of the Curfew and Arms Surrender in English and Italian, from the Military Authority. Two Allied officers are shown some of the handguns that have been given in. On the balcony of the Town Hall a priest (paperwork says it’s the Mayor) shakes hands with a military officer; a crowd watches from below. Sicilian civilians queue for food; they each handed what looks like a round of bread (or pizza dough) by a man in sunglasses. C/U of a civilian man wearing an armband that reads ’Civil Affairs Police’. Brief shot of troops walking from a rural area; could be Italian soldiers marching back to the town under the orders of the Allied soldiers. In the town, men have their papers checked by the Allied military at long tables under shelters. One Sicilian man leans across the desk to ligh