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Allied forces attack German-occupied Ortona, and San Pietro in Italy during World War II
Opening scene shows British artillerymen bombarding the Italian town of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, which is held by paratroops of the German 1st Parachute Division in World War 2. Closeups of British soldier operating 155mm gun. British officers planning the barrage. Battery of guns firing. View of shells striking Ortona, along the coastline. Heavy guns firing from under camouflage netting. Smoke rising from artillery strikes. Scene shifts to Allied occupied airfield in Foggia, on the coast, South of Ortona, where P-40 aircraft of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are preparing to fly in support of the Ortona offensive. (This U.S Army Air Forces unit is comprised entirely of African American pilots and support personnel including Tuskegee Airmen.) Closeups of airmen fueling and arming the aircraft, and of pilots gathered in a mission briefing. 99th Squadron aircraft taking off and departing overhead in formations. View from the British artillery position of numerous bombs bursting on Ortona. Film shifts to the Central Front in Italy where U.S. forces are engaged in the Battle of San Pietro. Views of American artillery bombarding German positions in San Pietro. Closeups of numerous U.S. guns being fired. An ejected shell flies through the air from a U.S. Sherman tank during the bombardment. Views of U.S. troops passing a Sherman tank as they enter San Pietro and begin searching for booby traps in the wreckage of the town. Closeup of a soldier dismantling a booby trap. German aircraft sweep overhead and bomb the town. American soldiers dig out a buddy who was buried by a bomb burst, but rescued unhurt. He smiles for the camera. Casualties of the fighting, including many civilians are carried on stretchers and assisted. Local residents are seen grieving over fallen relatives and friends. Groups of townspeople stand along a hillside and watch as Italian soldiers join with the Allies in the fighting. Jeeps are seen navigating the muddy mountain trails as far as possible. Then further movement requires the use of mules. Troops are seen with mule trains. Soldiers shoulder heavy ammunition crates and slog uphill with them over a muddy mountain trail.
Women railroad workers check and collect tickets at railway station in Italy during World War 2.
Role of women railroad workers in Italy during World War 2. Women railroad workers collect tickets at a railway station in Italy. Travelers hand over tickets to women and walk in line. Railroad women conductors get onto train. The train moves from the station. Woman collects tickets inside the train.
U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight over Italy during World War II.
Allied invasion of Italy during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over Italy. Aerial views of the area below. The B-24s in flight.
British and U.S. soldiers advance and construct a bridge over the Volturno River in Italy during the Italian Campaign.
A documentary television program titled 'The Big Picture' depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. U.S. soldiers advance on tanks. The soldiers climb up a snowy area and get off a landing craft. Sergeant James Mansfield speaks about the story of U.S. soldiers wearing a Blue Badge and the Italian Campaign fought by U.S. soldiers. The sergeant holds a Combat Infantryman Badge. Colonel William W. Quinn talks about the role of Combat Engineers and Blue Badge Infantryman in the Italian Campaign. Animated map of Italy shows British 8th Army capturing Foggia and U.S. 5th Army capturing Naples in Italy. The Volturno River and mountains in the background. A damaged bridge. Troops near the river. Animated map shows location of Allied troops. Engineers construct a bridge over the river. Allied troops cross the river with necessary supplies and artillery.
U.S. soldiers carry injured on stretchers and advance on Dragoni Italy during the Italian Campaign in World War 2.
Depicts activities of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Major General Rider of U.S. 34th Infantry Division speaks to Colonel Butler Commander of 168th Infantry Division at Alvignano, Italy. U.S. troops advance towards Dragoni. U.S. Army 36th Artillery soldiers fire artillery, supporting the 45th Division, in an assault on the last line of hills leading to the Volturno Valley. A soldier gives water to an injured soldier on a stretcher. Soldiers carry injured on a stretcher. Japanese-American soldiers of the United States Army 100th Infantry Division arrive. They stand in a line and are served food. The troops eat their food. View of a dead German soldier, and of other German soldiers as they surrender to U.S. Army forces. U.S. 3rd Division troops fire artillery at Dragoni. Smoke rises in the foreground. A map of Italy showing Dragoni. The troops advance and the 168th Division is seen occupying Dragoni on the next day, without opposition. U.S. soldiers escort some German soldier prisoners of war from the German 3rd Panzer Grenadier and the 26th Panzer Divisions. A German soldier treats an injured fellow prisoner. Italian civilian refugee men and women walk in a roadway and are evacuated to the rear.
U.S. soldiers and engineers construct a bridge and fill purified water in tanks in Italy during the Italian Campaign
A documentary television program depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Animated map of Italy. Soldiers fire guns in a small town. Smoke rises due to firing. U.S. soldiers on tanks and trucks enter the town. Damaged buildings and rubble on a street. Troops walk past damaged building. U.S. troops and engineers construct of a bridge. They use a mobile crane for fast construction. The mobile crane in water. Troops at work during the construction. A truck moves on the bridge. The troops fill drinking water in tanks. A soldier fills hot water in a shower tank. Animated map of Italy shows U.S. troops moving towards their next destination. A small town and a dead soldier. The Volturno River. U.S. 3rd Infantry Division advances. A soldier carries a wounded German soldier and loads him in a jeep. Civilians are given first aid by the soldiers. An oil pipeline passing over a river. Two soldiers seated near the pipeline. U.S. Army soldiers filling 5 gallon jerry cans with gasoline fuel and loading the gas cans into the back of a truck.