Views from a U.S. Destroyer, one of the warships supporting Operation Shingle (invasion of Anzio, Italy) during World War 2. View from bridge as Destroyer fires her guns. Heavy black smoke rising from two Allied ships bombed by enemy aircraft. Another view of the Destroyer's guns firing. A bomb bursting in distance. A formation of enemy aircraft seen momentarily overhead. Dense black smoke rising from bombed ship nearby. Two burning convoy ships in distance.
Rest and relaxation services for soldiers provided by the United Service Organizations (USO) in Italy during World War II. In Anzio, Italy: U.S. Army soldiers do comic diving at a swimming pool during a water carnival. A man performs a serious dive, and then a clown performs a humourous dive from the high diving board. People watch the event. Men dressed as women (men in drag) during a bathing beauty contest. The men dressed as women and wearing makeup pass by. One is dressed like Mae West but smoking a cigar. The soldiers hold a casual rodeo event riding a bull and a horse until they are bucked off. Men and women at a beach. A man and a woman enjoy in water. In a USO club, soldiers suffering battle fatigue get a break and rest. Soldiers listen to a fellow soldier at a piano, as they sing. A soldier writes on a paper. Soldiers play cards, read and do other activities. Soldiers attend a dance with women brought in by the USO. Soldiers read in a U.S. Army library. Books and magazines on a table including many small pocket editions of popular books of the era.
Allied troops head towards Anzio, Italy during World War II. LST -358 (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Mediterranean Sea with U.S. General William Campbell and Colonel Karl F. Glos on the bridge of the LST. The two officers talk to each other. General Campbell, Colonel Glos and the Captain of the LST F.E. Clerk look at a map. A chaplain conducts catholic services aboard the LST. Soldiers with their heads lowered as they pray during the service.
Aerial views of Italy and France during World War II. Aerial view of a battle scarred farmland. Flares dropped over the farmland. An American cemetery at Anzio. A battle scarred farmland, flares dropped. A British cemetery in Anzio, Italy. The sun's reflection over water. An aircraft flies over a battle scarred farmland and tank traps. Corsican coastline. A mountain ridge and a waterfall. Buildings in a town.
Soldiers of the First Special Service Force (FSSF, also called the "Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) conduct a raid on an enemy German position in Anzio, Italy, during WW2. A soldier draws in the dirt using a stick, briefing the soldiers for the attack. The FSSF troops carry rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers (bazookas). The soldiers surround the German outpost and begin firing. Various close and medium angles of the soldiers firing rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, and a rifle grenade. The soldiers advance toward the enemy position. German prisoners of war (POW) walk on a road. A larger group of German prisoners stand and sit, idle. Close up of the prisoners' faces, one smokes a cigarette.
German paratroopers engaged in heavy artillery shelling against allied forces at Anzio Beachhead. Distant views of shelling and bombing at key locations. German Nashorn Panzerjaeger tank destroyer and artillery guns in action. German soldiers load fresh shells into artillery guns,1944. (World War II period).