Mrs Hatton, who lives in Leigh-on-Sea, said timed footage of the incident showed her door was open for eight seconds while her father exited the car.

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In the haunting original footage, American soldiers offer him a cigarette, open his jacket to look for the wound and try to hoist him up.

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Among the television footage streaming on Italian television in the evening were images of rolls of Parmesan cheese spilling out of the open door of a warehouse.

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