Scenes of a funeral procession in Alife, Italy. The procession passes through ruined buildings. Mourners and bands follow the hearse (horse carriage). Children along road side watch as the procession passes.
Scenes of a choir procession passing through ruined buildings after an Allied bombing in Alife, Italy during World War II. Roman Catholic priests and children dressed in church robes. The choir passes the ruins to attend a mass.
Soldiers from the 30th Infantry Division in Battipaglia, Italy during World War II. Signboard of Battipaglia is seen. A horse driven cart, army trucks and soldiers pass by the wrecked buildings. Views of destroyed city, railway station and damaged sign boards due to war. Soldiers walk along the roadsides in army Jeeps and several soldiers walk on streets carrying their guns on shoulders.
U.S. Army officers engage in strategical discussions in Eboli, Italy during World War II. General Mark W Clark, Air Marshal Arthur W. Tedder along with other two British Army officers observes maps and discuss. General Clark seen with other officers looking in maps near an army jeep. A soldier holding gun and standing in rear near the tree. General Clark look carefully in map while another officer with pen shows some specifications. Several soldiers from 30th Infantry Division standing in background. General Clark walks under shade, shake hands with other army personal, discuss and walk away along others. Two army personals standing near a wrecked building while General Clark comes out from a building, gets in the army jeep and moves away. Views of destroyed buildings and soldiers on streets. Signboard of Eboli is seen.
U.S. Naval cruiser damaged during World War 2 in Agropoli, Italy. USS Savannah (CL-42) catches fire after it is hit by a German Fritz-X radio-controlled bomb. Smoke rising from USS Savannah. Another warship sailing near the Savannah (USS Hopi or USS Moreno). A motor torpedo sailing away from the damaged cruiser. Various side views of the damaged Savannah. Crew members moving on the deck. Scenes of smoke arising from the gun turret as the warship progresses toward Malta for further aid.
Salerno Beach in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Views of trucks and British troops on a Landing Ship Tank (LST), men looking from the deck sides. Ship reaches the beach at Salerno. Enemy tracer bullets visible at night. British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft flying overhead. View of the LST2 captain, John P. Horgan, together with Randolph Churchill (Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill), son of Winston Churchill. Randolph Churchill observes the action through binoculars while smoking a cigarette and talking to the LST captain. On deck of a ship view of a German Prisoner of War and an American soldier playing chess and several other soldiers, some American and some British, standing by watching. U.S. military guards with German POWs on the beaches at Salerno.