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 air attacks on U.S. ships at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. A 40mm gun fires tracers. Fire burns at night. The tracers chase a German aircraft. The German aircraft falls in flames over Anzio.
Wounded U.S. soldiers aboard a hospital boat at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Hospital ship (most likely HMHS Dinard, #28) at anchor at Anzio harbor. The wounded soldiers are lowered to a hospital boat. The boat approaches the hospital ship.
A U.S. destroyer at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Tracers are fired at German aircraft from the U.S. DD (destroyer). 20mm gun crews fire. Tracers being fired from an AA (antiaircraft gun).
Filmed from the U.S. destroyer escort, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) in Anzio harbor, Italy during World War 2. A British Spitfire fighter flies almost directly overhead. A U.S. Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat is seen moving in the water. It passes near a Higgins Boat carrying several occupants. An American P-51 fighter plane flies past, in the background, at less than a thousand feet above the water. Next, two PT boats are seen near the Higgins Boat. Scene shifts to a PT boat creating a notable wake as it turns to port, past the camera, at high speed. It then turns to starboard and moves away at high speed.
Allied Forces attack the Axis Powers in Italy during Operation Shingle of World War II. German aircraft attack a fleet of ships in Anizo Harbor. Ships underway in the harbor. German airplanes drop bombs. Water splashes due to bombing. The ships burn. The bombs are dropped. A German aircraft in flight over the harbor and drops bomb on a ship. Water splashes due to the bombing. Allied troops on a ship look through binoculars. The aircraft drop bombs. Ships in the harbor burn and smoke rises due to the bombing.