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Men and women visit a house for party in Rome, Italy during World War II

A busy street at the Prati District in Rome, Italy during World War II. A group of young men and women gather outside a building on a busy street. They enter the building together. Young Italian man holding a cigarette chatting with two women. A medieval-style painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus hangs on the wall. A woman opens a front door for incoming guests. House guests enter the apartment. The woman unhinges the chain door lock to open the front door. Guests greet and shake hands with the woman as they enter the apartment. A female guest peeks and calls from the front door, unable to enter due to chain door lock. The woman opens the door for the new guest.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079878
Young Italian men and women socialize during a house party in Rome, Italy (World War II)

A house party in Rome, Italy during World War II. Young Italians socialize during a house party. Couples romantically dancing in living room, while men and women sitting on chairs on the side. Man turns hand crank of a record player. Men and women listen to music. A man shows a paper to a woman standing behind the record player. Italian men and women smoke cigarettes in a balcony overlooking the Castel Sant’Angelo (Lungotevere Castello, 50, 00193 Roma RM, Italy) and the Parco della Mole Adriana Garden. A woman talks to a man while smoking cigarettes. The man turns to the woman.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079879
The evacuation of Lieutenant Colonel Gunn to Italy, planning Operation Gunn evacuation (WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Opening slate reads “Secret”. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 flies over the American held San Giovanni Airfield near Bari, Italy. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by Romanian Air Force Captain Constantin Cantacuzino from Bucharest is parked after landing in San Giovanni Airfield. Nose of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States flag painted on the fuselage of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States officers open the fuselage of the German aircraft to examine space where Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Gunn III had been riding in the plane. Gunn escaped after being held by Romanian authorities. United States Air Force personnel crowd around Captain Cantacuzino and Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. A Jeep stops in front of the Fifteenth Air Force headquarters in Bari. Lieutenant Colonel Gunn meets with United States military officials. Military officials meeting in Bari to discuss developments in Romania as relayed by Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. The 15th Air Force discussing a plan of evacuation in a garden. Captain Cantacuzino participates in the discussion. Man points to map on the table. Two Flying Fortresses carrying the OSS Evacuation Party departs from Bari Airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Flight crew aboard a B-17 bomber to Romania. A radio man in flight. Aerial views of the Albanian coastline and Danube River in Romania as plane approaches Popesti airfield. A Flying Fortress taxi at Popesti Airfield after landing. Romanian Air Force personnel watch the arrival of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party. Romanian Army officers and government officials, including George Askew, Romanian Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and Colonel Neal Eskew, Commanding Officer of the Romanian Air Force, welcome Captain Cantacuzino and the OSS Evacuation Party to Romania. Major Ross of OSS sets up radio communication with Bari, Lt. Dubes at the controls, typing out morse code. The OK sign to camera as happy officers establish contact. B-17 takes off.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079883
Allied prisoners of war waiting for evacuation at camp in Romania (Operation Gunn, WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. The Romanian Ministry of National Economy in Bucharest (now demolished). Sign reads “Ministerul Economiei Nationale Comisariatul General Preturilor”. United States OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party leaders convene outside the Romanian Ministry of National Economy. Captured Allied prisoners of war at a camp near Bucharest. Allied prisoners of war play a card game. Romanian troops raise the Romanian flag on a flagpole. Crowds of Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Colonel Krager gives out evacuation instructions to Allied prisoners of war. Some Allied prisoners of war are seen wearing German Stalhelm helmets. A young British prisoner of war looks at the camera. Prisoners of war waiting patiently for their evacuation to Popesti Airfield.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079884
Wreckage of bombed oil refineries at Ploesti (WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Evacuation Party inspects damage to Ploesti oil refineries. Romanian military and government officials accompany the OSS Evacuation Party officers. Oil refinery lay in ruins after Allied bombing ended. Debris and rubble are scattered over the destroyed oil refinery. An OSS officer writes on his notebook during the inspection. The OSS officers questioning a Romanian oil refinery assistant manager. A man walks past a large cylindrical tank. Oil drums lay scattered with debris outside an oil refinery. Smokestacks in oil refinery. Shots of the wrecked Ploesti oil refinery made by Lieutenant JG Forbes. View of damaged building with pile of rubble. Pipes and oil tanks in refinery. Allied and Romanian officials move through the rubble while touring the damaged oil refinery. Façade of a destroyed brick building. A damaged building in Ploesti. “Laborator” is written on the portico of the building.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079885
United States B-17 bombers land at Popesti Airfield to rescue POWs (Operation Gunn, WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Captured Allied prisoners of war waiting for evacuation at Popesti-Leordeni Airfield. Allied prisoners shaking hands and saying goodbye to Romanians. Some Allied prisoners of war are seen wearing Nazi German Stalhelm helmets (worn as souvenirs). United States bombers approaching Popesti Airport to evacuate 1,161 Allied prisoners of war from Romania. Allied POWs begin to move in lines according to their assigned groups. Some prisoners of war waving at the camera. Colonel Krager shoots a handgun to send signal to an incoming bomber. Bombers flying over Popesti Airfield. Crowds of Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber landing at Popesti Airfield.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079886