View of people inside Cafe Boccage at Caldas da Rainha, a refugee town in Portugal. Jewish refugee leaves improvised Synagogue in Caldas.
Port of Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese refugees embark the transport ship Serpa Pinto, during World War 2. Men, women, and children boading the refugee transport ship. The transport ship leaves the port into setting sun, as people wave at it from shore. Clip ends with separate shot of American Export Line refugee ship, the Excalibur at the dock. (This ship was taken over by the U.S. Navy during World War 2 and renamed the USS Joseph Hewes, AP-50)
Camouflaged dummies and decoys in World War II. Realistic looking artificial rocks made by United States soldiers. Framework made of wire. Soldier lifts the framework from ground and places white paper on it. A group of soldiers paints the covered framework with natural mud color. The wired framework is removed from inside. Black paint sprayed on the imitation rock. Soldier removes cover from ditch on ground and emerges with a rifle in his hand. Soldier enters a camouflaged rocky area on ground. Tents covered with nets.
United States Army soldiers gather natural mud and soil. They mix it to make a paste. Soldier draws markings on jeep. He paints the jeep with natural paint using his hands. Jeep's windshield and hood painted with the help of brush. Soldier drives camouflage painted jeep on road. Tanks painted with camouflaged natural paint. (World War II period).
Disguise and camouflage techniques for U.S. Army military equipment in World War 2. United States soldiers place lightweight framework over tank to make it look like a truck, during World War II. Soldier removes framework from the tank when not in use. Jeep moves with a decoy framework on it. Soldier parks the jeep and comes out of the framework. Soldiers cover the assembled framework with cloth. The dummy tank lightweight construction is easily lifted by two men and placed over a jeep. Soldier drives away with the tank dummy. Aircraft flies overhead. Camouflaged tank drives on road.
Opening scene shows British artillerymen bombarding the Italian town of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, which is held by paratroops of the German 1st Parachute Division in World War 2. Closeups of British soldier operating 155mm gun. British officers planning the barrage. Battery of guns firing. View of shells striking Ortona, along the coastline. Heavy guns firing from under camouflage netting. Smoke rising from artillery strikes. Scene shifts to Allied occupied airfield in Foggia, on the coast, South of Ortona, where P-40 aircraft of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are preparing to fly in support of the Ortona offensive. (This U.S Army Air Forces unit is comprised entirely of African American pilots and support personnel including Tuskegee Airmen.) Closeups of airmen fueling and arming the aircraft, and of pilots gathered in a mission briefing. 99th Squadron aircraft taking off and departing overhead in formations. View from the British artillery position of numerous bombs bursting on Ortona. Film shifts to the Central Front in Italy where U.S. forces are engaged in the Battle of San Pietro. Views of American artillery bombarding German positions in San Pietro. Closeups of numerous U.S. guns being fired. An ejected shell flies through the air from a U.S. Sherman tank during the bombardment. Views of U.S. troops passing a Sherman tank as they enter San Pietro and begin searching for booby traps in the wreckage of the town. Closeup of a soldier dismantling a booby trap. German aircraft sweep overhead and bomb the town. American soldiers dig out a buddy who was buried by a bomb burst, but rescued unhurt. He smiles for the camera. Casualties of the fighting, including many civilians are carried on stretchers and assisted. Local residents are seen grieving over fallen relatives and friends. Groups of townspeople stand along a hillside and watch as Italian soldiers join with the Allies in the fighting. Jeeps are seen navigating the muddy mountain trails as far as possible. Then further movement requires the use of mules. Troops are seen with mule trains. Soldiers shoulder heavy ammunition crates and slog uphill with them over a muddy mountain trail.
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