Over 4,000 American prisoners of war (POW) are taken to Rome, Italy during World War II. Captured United States soldiers jump from trucks near the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy. German soldiers guarding prisoners of war. View of Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). The line of marching American prisoners stretches far along the Via dei Fori Imperiali road. Italian spectators watch from the sidewalks, in silence.
Map shows West coast of Italy and principal cities. Scenes of British and American armor destroyed during the Allied invasion at Nettuno, Italy. A sign on roadside reading, "Gefangenen-Sammelstelle" (Prisoner assembly place). An American soldier smoking a cigarette. One with arm in sling. German medic bandaging minor cut on hand of a British soldier and attending to another. American soldiers in an open field and in a prison courtyard. They look up at contrails from Allied and German airplanes in dogfight at high altitude. German antiaircraft battery firing at Allied bombers overhead. Bombs exploding nearby. Closups of the German gunners. Black flak clouds fill air above.
German Commander speaks to members of his Army unit and they prepare to move and engage Allied forces in Italy, during World War 2. German gunners firing machine gun from sheltered position. German soldiers running. One carries an MG 42 machine gun over his shoulder. German infantry crossing a stream and climbing up a muddy hill, under fire. German gunners firing an FH 18, 15cm heavy howitzer. German Marshal Albert Kesselring observing through periscopic binoculars. A German 283mm Krupp K5 railway gun being fired at Allies in Anzio. Binocular view of shell striking with huge explosion, in distance. View of gunners atop the railway gun, removing a hot smoking spent shell, and placing another charge into the gun breech. German soldier pulling lanyard to fire the gun. (Apparently two rail guns are being fired, named, respectively, "Leopold and Robert," and called "Anzio Annie," by American soldiers.) View of another huge explosion from a railroad gun shell. Remainder of film shows more shelling by the railway guns including what appears to be a hit on an Allied ship in the bay.
German Messerschmitt Bf 109 taxis past camera as formation of Dornier Do-17 bombers takes off. The bombers underway in formation. Complete change of scene shows German gun camera view of an American B-17 being shot to pieces in a head-on attack. A formation of USAAF B-17s being attacked by German fighters. One B-17, alone, in trouble, is fired upon while descending. View of German DO-17s in formation. German gun camera film of American B-17 being attacked from ahead and below. Pieces of the B-17 falling away
Germans in Europe during World War II. Recruits from Dutch workers and ceremony of handing over shovel: Dutch worker, service recruits stand in a line and receive patriotically, symbolic shovels. They parade along with shovels. A Greek priest celebrates mass and natives perform a dance during Serbian festival. Sailboats race off Malaga, Spain. Czechoslovakia soldiers ski in the Carpathians. German torpedo boats, equipped with twin anti-aircraft guns. A French fishing boat at sea. Crewman watch through binoculars. French fleet at sea in distance. Drive off an enemy plane. German techniques being used. Newly organized Italian army units celebrate Mass in Trieste, Italy and take an oath to the Italian flag.
Germans in Italy for religious propaganda during World War II. Map of Italy. German troops on Italian font. Despite an Allied attack, bring up supplies by mule and truck to reinforce their positions. Military action of German troops for religious propaganda. Cassino Monastery before U.S. Attack. U.S. bombs burst on Cassino Monastery. Ruins of Cassino Monastery. German troops escort Abbot Gregorian Di Mare to Vatican city from the ruins of Monte Cassino. German officers and Abbot of Cassino. Ruins and wreckage in Castle Gandolfo. Men inspect ruins and evacuate casualties. Dead bodies of women and children.
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