Troops of Italian Co-Belligerent Army. The Italian First Motorized Group, the first Italian unit to fight alongside the Allies after the armistice of September, 1943, moves to the front in early December, 1943. Italian soldiers stand on roadway. They look at maps and talk. Two soldiers with dog. Italian officer speaks to the soldiers. Soldiers listen to officer, holding pen and papers. Soldiers unroll telephone wires. Soldiers load barracks bags on truck. Truck loaded with soldiers drives past. Men wave the soldiers. A convoy of trucks moves along road. Civilians with carts move in opposite direction. Trucks parked in Italian town. A soldier waves the flag. Soldiers talk with civilians. Soldiers stand on sidewalk. Trucks cross bridge.
Soldiers of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army. The Italian First Motorized Group, the first Italian unit to fight alongside the Allies after the armistice of September, 1943, move to the front in early December, 1943. Trucks loaded with soldiers driven. A convoy of trucks and jeeps moves along road. Soldiers seated in trucks with guns. Trucks pass signs of nearby towns: 'Venafro-Mignano' and 'Pietravairano'.
Women and children injured during Allied air raids in Italy. Italian woman carries a girl with wounded feet in her lap. Men help wounded old woman to walk. Injured children on hospital bed. Dignitary meets injured children.
Smoke arising from artillery strikes in a field. A U.S. Sherman tank approaches along a dirt road and passes by two American soldiers. Numerous damaged and destroyed Sherman tanks are shown. American soldier places his hand into a hole penetrating the armor of a tank. German Beute 75-18 Semovente self-propelled gun, in a building.
Scenes of Italian escort vessels and corvettes anchored at a harbor in Italy. A small three man submarine underway at the harbor. Other vessels in the background.
Periscope of an Italian submarine moves through water. A conventional sized Italian submarine underway off the cost in Italy. Italian sailors and deck guns can be seen on the submarine.