Italian army movement during World War 1. Italian infantry, in full field gear,moving out of a train station. A passenger train underway behind them. They proceed from assembly area upward along trail into mountainous terrain. Italian cavalry accompany them.Italian troops manually haul a large siege mortar up the trail. Some soldiers are seen on bicycles.Tractors and trucks pull large artillery gun, upon which soldiers sit. A tank makes its way up a hill.
Italian army operations in World War I. Italian troops charge up a rocky hill and pass through snow-covered fields to take up defensive positions. They fire field artillery pieces from entrenched placements. Battlefield is engulfed in smoke from exploding shells as the Italian infantry moves forward. Closeup of Italian machine gun crew firing. A heavy field gun firing. Troops advancing in trenches, across fields and across a bridge, in smoke and under fire. Artillerymen performing rapid fire of their field piece. Shells exploding all over battlefield. Medical corpsmen carry wounded on a stretcher. A soldier falls as an infantry unit advances under fire. Heavy siege mortars are brought into position and fired. Troops load and fire large caliber trench mortar. Smoke from exploding ordnance obscures the view.
World War II. U.S. Soldiers walk through a demolished Italian village. Other soldiers escort some Italian prisoners . They approach a pontoon bridge over which a U.S. military armored half-track vehicle is crossing toward them. The half-track passes by and the prisoners and their guards walk across the pontoon bridge.
An ocean liner docks in the harbor. Two Italian Black Shirt Guards aboard liner looks at another ship in the background. Guard speaks over mouthpiece. Black Shirt guards ski patrol in snow covered area. Officer briefs group of guards in the forest. They attend to wounded people and render first aid. Black Shirt Guards give their services to Italian Railroad. They participate in Combat Division at the time of war. Troops advance on field. Soldiers ready with machine guns.
Scenes in Italian shipyard during World War 2. Shipyard workers repairing the bow of the Italian Regia Marina Navigatori-class destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi, which was damaged when it rammed and destroyed the British submarine HMS Oswald. The destroyer then rescued surviving British submariners (now prisoners of war) who are seen walking in formation. They are seen again, carrying hand tools and performing agricultural work. British sailors show their tattoos. One shows a butterfly tattoo on his back and a snake tattoo on his hand.
Italian campaign in World War 2. German gunners firing Krupp 17 cm Kanone 18 guns (one labeled "A" and the other "B"). Captured American prisoners of war (POWs) climb down from a truck. Next, large numbers of Allied POWs, including Americans, British, and British Colonial troops, are seen marching along a road. Film focuses on several captured Indian soldiers.
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