Salerno, Italy. Allied soldiers packed in small landing crafts moving toward beach. Convoy of ships moving in the water. Smoke from a distant ship. Shells break near landing craft underway. (World War II period).
Aerial views of the Capadichino Airdrome near Naples, Italy. U.S. 12th Army Air Force 32nd Bombardment Squadron starts bombing over the airdrome. Bombs seen headed toward ground. Smoke rising from the airstrip. Bombing targets German aircraft in a camouflaged area beside the airdrome. (World War II period).
Bombs seen falling from bomb bay of a U.S.9th Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber in an air raid on Isernia, Italy, during World War 2. (The film's slate spells it Iserna.) Aerial view of explosions on the ground and smoke rising. Views of other B-25s in the attacking formation.
Aerial views of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft from the U.S. 12th Army Air Force in flight. Aircraft dropping bombs over rail yards of Bologna and Florence, Italy. Close views of bombs descending from aircraft toward ground. (World War II period).
Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.
General Eisenhower, Allied commander in Sicily and General Patton of U.S. 7th Army, talking in Sicily, Italy, during World War 2. British General Montgomery, steps down a plane. He shakes hand with U.S. Lieutenant General George S. Patton. Two hundred thousand Axis prisoners of war, mostly Italian, are assembled and board ships for POW camps in Africa, Britain, and the United States.