The Capture of Messina. Bomber assault: Bostons hit Valenciennes. Kalinin, Stalingrad and the Kuban (Gaumont British News)

1. Coverage of the capture of Messina, Sicily by the British 8th Army. Shows Royal Navy warships in action shelling Messina. Priest self propelled 105mm guns and 5.5 inch howiters firing. Sherman tanks and infantry entering the city. General shots of the battle damaged streets of Messina. Air raid shelter used by the civilian population. Bomb damaged railway yards. The Royal Navy ensign hoisted up in the main square. The United States flag flys on the town hall. General Montgomery visits the troops and distributes cigarettes. The bomb damaged harbour. View of the Italian mainland across the strait. 2. RAF Boston bombers raid on steel works at Valenciennes, France. Shows Bostons flying low over the English channel and the French country side and villages. The aircraft climb to a higher altitude to avoid anti aircraft guns. The attack on the steel works showing smoke from previous bomb hits. 3. Russian T34 tanks and infantry in action in the Kuban. Infantry capture a town. Russian civilians emerged from cellars and greet the troops. Russian 152mm heavy artillery and mortars in action around Kalinin, Southern Russia. Russian infantry capture German trenches. Various scenes of the battle damage and clean up of Stalingrad after the Russian victory.