Wrecked buildings and houses in Italian village, on Austro-Italian front soon after the end of World War 1. Refugees evacuate on horse-drawn wagons loaded with all their household belongings.
The Italian campaign against Austro-Hungarian forces in the Dolomite mountains of the Alps during World War 1. Italian troops standing at railroad station as a train passes, carrying soldiers and war materiel. They wave to the train. Scene shifts to Italian soldiers moving across the platform. Next, troops are seen loading provisions aboard army trucks. Italian soldiers pushing alongside a railroad gun with "F.S. Italia," (for Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) painted on the rail flatcar. Troops pose with a partially-covered towed 149/35 gun, equipped with mud wheels. Italian troops moving up a hill. Hundreds of Italian soldiers pulling a siege mortar up a steep hill.
A little girl dressed in white descends from a DC-6 passenger airplane operated by Linee Aeree Italiane. A dignitary also arrives with his wife. Airline passenger representative hastens up stairs to meet him and aircrew members escort him. A woman greets him with a kiss, while he is descending steps from the plane. He kisses a woman. He is warmly greeted by many people. Members of the press approach him and he is photographed as he walks.
Brenner Pass rail line smashed in September 2, 1943. Bomb group in flight. Official in bomber. Aerial view of Trento. Bombs dropped over Brenner Pass. Bombing over Brenner Pass in Bolzano. Bomb explosions. Smoke rises over target. (World War II period).
Italian defensive position on Alps mountain range. Italian soldiers stand on a mountain. Italian soldiers stand near bunkers dug into a mountain side and covered with sheets. Italian soldiers climb up and down the hill. On the aerial rope way called "Telefrica," a tram car runs on ropes moving supplies back and forth on the mountain. Italian soldiers sit on rocks of mountain with rifles. River in the background. Soldiers march down the hill and through a town area filled with rubble. Soldier ties ammunition baggage on the back of a dog. Dogs carry baggage up the mountain for the soldiers. Italian soldier moves a machine gun into position. Soldier looks through binoculars near machine gun emplacement in World War I.
Thousands of Italian prisoners of war entering a processing center following the battle of Caporetto in World War I. Italian troops and some civilian refugees moving slowly along the side of road. Several wagons pulled by oxen. Some troops ride on the wagons of Italian refugee families. Oxen pulling wagons with families and their belongings. Many Italian soldiers wave and smile for camera. Some rest at a roadside area while other continue along road with horse-drawn wagons. Civilians entering a village. Troops from different units meet and greet one another. Italian troops assembled at prisoner of war camp, with wood buildings and snow-covered Alps mountains in background.
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