U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War 2. The soldiers operate a locomotive train in and out of a railway roundhouse in Naples. A building in the background. Smoke comes out of the engine of the train. Several trains have markings on them. One is marked the 'General Mark Clark Special'.
Film 'San Pietro' shows an American officer giving a brief speech regarding the Battle of San Pietro. View of Liri Valley in Italy with damaged trees and wrecked buildings. Damaged statue in the building. Destroyed Vineyards.
340th bomb group bombs over towns and crossroads; an important junction of supply roads in Corleto Perticara, Italy. 340th bomb group hits bombs over target area. Aerial view of bomb explosions in Corleto Perticara. Smoke rising over target areas. (World War II period).
Santa Maria, Italy. 3rd Ranger Battalion soldiers moving cautiously through the streets. Soldiers carrying rifles and mortars. Soldiers running towards the ditches in order to take cover and hide themselves. Soldier looks through binoculars and signals to others. Soldiers running and taking cover, prone in places through orchards. Soldiers set up 60mm mortar on the ground. Several soldiers lying in prone positions and firing from rifles. (World War II period).
Lieutenant General George S Patton leaves headquarters in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. He climbs into his custom-armored M3A1White Scout Car, equipped with two machine guns, and accompanied by staff, drives off. General Patton standing along roadside waving as his troops drive past in vehicles. General Patton, Major General Geoffrey Keyes and Colonel Campanole seated in jeep in one of the cities and look at maps while Maj Gen. Lucian Truscott stands next to the jeep. The generals ride through the streets and enter a building.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a meeting near Brenner Pass in Italy. Adolf Hitler gives a Nazi salute. Dignitaries get out of a car and enter a building. They sit down to talk. Italian and German officers converse with each other. Adolf Hitler and Mussolini look at a large map on table. The dignitaries get out of a Limousine and shake hands with each other. Adolf Hitler and his staff waive as Mussolini leaves on a train.