A documentary depicts the importance of good guns during World War II. A town in a valley. A U.S. soldier speaks on a radio and other soldiers around him. They fire an artillery. A 240-mm howitzer being pulled by two armored tractors. Howitzer is emplaced and shells being loaded. It fires at an Italian town. A soldier looks through binoculars. They are on the radio. A view of the town in the valley. Infantry follow U.S. tanks into the valley. Smoke arises due to firing. They fire a mortar The shells of the mortar. Civilians of the town. The troops enter the town. Mine detectors being used and fighting in the streets. Damaged building in the town. Civilians leave cave to welcome U.S. troops and receive food.
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.
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.
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.
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