The Battle of Monte Cassino.. B-26 medium bombers of the U.S. 12th Air Force bomb German positions at Monte Cassino, during World War II. Formations of B-26s are seen. Explosions of bombs occur in rapid succession as they strike the targets.
The Italian Campaign in World War II. On the Road to Rome. Allied soldiers guard Axis prisoners of war inside a makeshift stockade. Allied soldiers search the prisoners. The prisoners climb onto a military truck. A line of Sherman tanks advances along the road.
Views of the city of Pompeii taken from a military light plane flying overhead. Buildings in Pompeii.
Italian bi-winged aircraft parked in rows. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini walking with officers as he inspects Italian airplanes. Three formations of Italian planes perform loops in sky before WWII.
Italian society figures meet for coffee inside a villa during World War II. An elderly matron speaks to a young man. Two couples talking to one another. A large harp stands behind the elderly woman. A butler serves coffee to guests. Butler adds sugar to a guest’s coffee cup. Three women talking to one another over coffee, a young man sits beside a matron. Italian military officer speaks to a society woman. A vicar speaks to other guests. A woman wearing a fur coat speaks to her friends. A woman in black speaking to a man. Society women chatting. A man holds a cigarette. Italian Fascist military officer gallantly kisses the hand of a matron.
On the island of Sardinia, men walking and driving sheep across the mountains of swiftly melting snow which is turning into raging floods. A white lamb follows other sheep in the snow. Lamb with its mother. View of crane in water. Houses and lakes in the island shown. Mudslides destroying houses. Italian man operates a front-end loader to scoop mud. Italian men arrange stones to create a barrier. Bulldozer clears mud in Italian town. House facade falls down.