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Scenes from the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, during World War II.

The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Aerial view of San Vittore to the west. U.S. troops walk along a mountain road, as an Italian woman, holding a small child, watches from the roadside. Views of the town and Abbey of Monte Cassino, from mountainside outlook. Aerial view of Abbey on mountaintop. M7 Priest SP firing 105mm howitzer from camouflaged position. U.S. troops escorting Italian prisoners of war (POWs). American soldier carries several artillery shells up a hill. Several Sherman tanks of the 756th Tank Battalion are parked in a quarry below him. (The quarry is on the Cassino - Caira Rd north of Cassino.} Group of Italian civilians walk past a line of Sherman tanks parked along the empty riverbed of the Rapido River. U.S. soldier observes the Abbey of Monte Cassino through binoculars. Two American soldiers climb aboard an M4 Sherman tank mired down in the mud.(It has been identified as tank number C-14 belonging to the 3rd Platoon of C Company, 756th Tank Battalion.) Their Jeep is parked beside it. U.S. soldiers dug in along a roadside. One soldier plays solitaire with cards. Two soldiers place several propaganda leaflets into artillery shells.

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046244
Allied troops shatter the Gustav Line as they take over Cassino in Italy during World War II.

Allied campaign in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy depicts how the Allied Army shattered the Gustav Line and the Allied attack on Cassino. Soldiers fire artillery in Cassino. On May 18th 1944 Cassino fell resulting in Allied victory. Prisoners of war being taken. Dead German soldiers on streets. German soldiers seated together appearing dejected and exhausted. A map of Italy depicts Allied activities along the coast of Italy on May 23. Allied soldiers smile.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059427
German paratroopers from 1st Parachute Division firing artillery and machine guns at Allied forces from Cassino Abbey ruins.

German soldiers at Cassino front in Italy during World War II. A map locates sites in Italy. Close up views of the heavily damaged Monte Cassino Abbey and Cassino town ruins. Rubble all over the area from Allied bombing of the site. Crater field in front of the Cassino mountain area. Smoke arises from bombardment. German soldiers including paratroopers from 1st Parachute Division use a sighting device to locate Allied forces and plot artillery fire. Germans fire artillery at a patrol of four U.S. Sherman tanks. A German soldier smiles and smokes a cigarette. Allied gunners put down a smoke barrage to permit recovery. German soldiers firing mortars and machine guns at Allied forces through the smoke curtain, including point of view (POV) shot of Germans operating machine guns.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675076266
Courtyards and stairways of Monte Cassino Abbey as men remove art treasures and books from Monte Cassino in Italy.

Germans defend Cassino and Monte Cassino abbey in Italy during World War II. Courtyards and stairways of Monte Cassino Abbey. Views of Monte Cassino. German officers with monks. Men remove art treasures, and books. Books and art treasures in a case.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675045010
Re-enactment of British forces occupying the town of Monte Cassino, Italy, in World War II

Montage of scenes recorded after the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War 2. Opening scene shows New Zealand 19th RHQ tank in Mignano Montelungo, as the 24th New Zealand Battalion re-enacts its entry into the ruins of Monte Cassino, on March 26, 1944. In this restaging, 24th Battalion infantrymen are shown moving through rubble of destroyed town, firing small arms and one throwing a hand grenade. Narrator identifies "Hangman's Hill," (which was held by the 1st battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles) at Monte Cassino. In this restaging , New Zealanders, scramble over rubble, and dig out a "wounded" comrade, while explosions occur in background. Medics "attend" to him. Other NZ troops fire small arms from behind rubble barriers. A huge explosion occurs in background. A British artillery piece (obscured by debris) fires rounds. Infantrymen fire small arms. A camouflaged British tank fires its gun. In change of scene, other British troops advance cautiously near a damaged building and take several German soldiers prisoner. View of the destroyed Monte Cassino monastery and castle on Castle Heights. Ruins of building adjacent to the "Hotel Excelsior,"below the castle. Several medics with Red Cross flag in distant rubble. Views from destroyed Monastery atop the mountain. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058848
Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Views of town and Abbey, as U.S. troops prepare to bombard German positions (WW2)

U.S. troops fire mortar into town of Monte Cassino from mountainside. U.S. armored vehicle on narrow mountain road. Aerial views of undamaged Abbey atop Monte Cassino during World War II. Group of Italian prisoners of war stand by rural house. One has sling on his arm. Ruins of village. U.S. Troops move on mountainside road. Soldiers sorting out artillery shells in a huge munitions dump.Aerial view of Monte Cassino town. U.S. soldier escorts Italian prisoners of war. Sherman tanks and their crews rest in the quarry north of Cassino. Shells bursting in the town.

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046239