Austrian troops moving cautiously along area of shallow trenches, during World War 1. King Charles IV of Hungary (Karl I, Emperor of Austria) on a hillside with his military staff, watching Austro-Hungarian troops in action. The troops running down a hillside towards trenches.
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.
Challenges faced by the Allied Military Government while trying to reestablish Italian self reliance in agriculture during World War 2. Film opens showing Italian-sourced food supplies being delivered, as Narrator discusses problems of black market. He notes that Italian wheat growers who fail to declare excess grain are raided. Officials are seen entering and seizing grain from warehouse of such a grain merchant. Loaded trucks pass checkpoints set up on highways. View of official examining bill of laden from a truck being checked. Armed Italian Carabinieri ride on trucks of grain to prevent pilfering. Glimpse of AMG officials as narrator speaks of strict rationing system. Italians at a table, counting out ration coupons. Ceiling prices of all commodities seen posted at public places in Sicily. Sacks of seed potatoes being loaded from an AMG warehouse onto a horse-drawn cart that is then seen driving away, fully loaded. A boy on a farm unloades a sack of seed pototoes. Barefoot Italian women and girls planting the new crop. Fishing boats being readied to put out again. View from a fishing boat as men retrieve a large net filled with fish. An open air marketplace filled with Italian shoppers. A window sign announcing American bread. A woman shooing flies away from her open stall in the market as an old woman samples some of her wares.
Pre-invasion loading and maneuvers of air. Piper J-3 Cub plane is hoisted aboard LST (Landing Ship, Tank) by crane during World War 2. Trucks parked at dock. Men aboard LST assist with loading operations.
Activities of girls of the G.I.L. (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) Youth section of the National Fascist Party. Girls sitting in a classroom in rows, listening to a teacher in front of them. A girl writing on her notebook. Girls using a sewing machine for stitching clothes. A group of girls in aprons cooking and preparing dishes. Another group of girls set up tables. Girls doing embroidery and learning handicrafts preparation. Girls wearing aprons cooking various dishes. A mess seen. Italian girls perform calisthenics as physical training in open field.
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