Landings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. Officers examine a miniature table map of Anzio beachhead and sector. A few U.S. soldiers look out at a convoy at sea. A man cleans nails with a homemade convoy knife.
British and troop patrols converge on the road to Rome, in the beginning of this film. Soldiers of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 5th Canadian Armored Division are seen next, mopping up after breaching the Hitler Line, on 24 May 1944. They are seen leaving the area to advance further. Brief view of soldiers tending to a tank and marching past an abandoned anti-aircraft gun. Captured German prisoners march rearward along a road as a camouflaged (with foliage) Canadian M4 Sherman tank advances along a road. It carries many infantrymen riding along atop it. (Narrator states they are en route to Pontecarvo.) Allied artillery pounds the ruined streets of the city. Canadian troops are seen next,entering the destroyed town of Aquino. British Hawker fighter planes flying over water in trail formation, behind the camera plane. Allied patrol from the Anzio front engages a German strong point, using bazookas and small arms. Glimpse of burning German armored vehicle. Polish troops are seen entering the village of Piedimonte. They pull a German from his hideout in a trench. German prisoners marching under guard. Stretcher bearers carry wounded to an open field where they are being tended. Polish forces hold a ceremonial parade where British General Sir Harold Alexander decorates a Polish soldier. Brief closeup of General Alexander. June 4, 1944, American troops enter Rome. German Sturmpanzer (panzer) IV "Grizzly Bear" tank abandoned on the street. U.S. troops walking about in the city. Local inhabitants cheering the Americans. Italians mob the local fascist controlled radio studio and force occupants to leave the building, abusing some as they depart. Views of happy crowds. Some showing newspapers announcing the arrival of the Allies.
An air raid over Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. Army officer in a gun emplacement at a beach. He looks through binoculars. He orders another officer to sound an air raid alarm. Soldiers rush to the emplacement on hearing the alarm. They load shells into a 40 mm anti aircraft gun. The anti aircraft gun being fired. Bombs burst in water and around the cities of Anzio and Nettuno. Two German airplanes fall after being hit. Smoke trails appear as the aircraft descend.
German air attacks on U.S. ships at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Tracers chase a German aircraft. Bursts on water. A U.S. gun crew fires at the German aircraft. The aircraft falls over Anzio in flames.
Activities of United States Navy salvage units on beachhead, Anzio, Italy. Vehicles move on a street of bombed Anzio. Ships moored on water front. View of the city in the background. People on the street. Damaged buildings in the city. (World War II period).
Allied troops head towards Anzio, Italy during World War II. A sailor aboard an LST( Landing Ship Tank) as he signals a blinker light. A wounded soldier being brought aboard an LST as he lies on a stretcher. Smoke rises near the beach of Anzio. Food in containers aboard the LST. U.S. Military trucks , jeeps and other vehicles unload from an LST and move onto a pontoon pier and onto the beach.
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