Allied planes drop bombs on the Pantelleria Island in Mediterranean Sea. A map shows the Italian island. Airplane in flight. Other airplanes in flight nearby. They drop bombs on the island. High altitude view of the Island and the bombarding.
An allied freighter is spotted by a submarine lookout. A man enters Engine room. Activities in the Engine Room of submarine. Artillery firing. A ship sinking.
Allied convoys underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Sailors aboard the ships. Animated diagram illustrates the movement of submarines. Torpedoed Allied tankers in view. Smoke due to explosion. The sailors jump into water as the tankers are attacked. Naval officers confer about the preparations for supply to be received by the convoy. Naval intelligence obtains information that submarines are heading towards a projected convoy route. The port Commander advances the departure time.
Soldiers in a United States Landing Ship Tank in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II A vessel in the ocean. GIs on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. A vessel seen at a distance. US flag on the stern of the Landing Ship Tank. Soldiers near the stern. Soldiers prepare the Anti Aircraft guns. Four vessels seen at a distance in the ocean. Hills and mountains in view. Two soldiers in the vessel, one of them preparing the bullets to be loaded in the gun. The calm ocean water. A vessel seen at a distance.
A convoy of US LSTs (Landing Craft Tank) underway in the Mediterranean Sea is heading for Gela, Sicily during World War II. Loading and unloading of an LST on a coast. A truck is loaded aboard the LST. Army equipment on its deck. US troops on the deck of the ship. Four ships in the convoy. Two LSTs going toward the shore.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea between Gela and Scoglitti. Landing crafts circle around the ships. A soldier comes down a landing net alongside a ship. Ships anchored off the coast of Sicily. A barge comes alongside a ship.