A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Licata for the invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from shell bursts on a hill in the background. A landing craft underway. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) burns. A DD (destroyer) lays a smoke screen. A gun crew looks for enemy aircraft. Landing crafts and LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) underway. A sun set as seen from a ship.
United States soldiers move in columns into a town during the Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers pass by a nasone (Italian water fountain) while marching in Messina Sicily Italy. United States soldiers examine a map together. Soldiers, as a demolition crew, set up charge in brick wall that is blocking their way. Soldier inserts charge in brick wall hole. Soldiers evacuate before bypass explodes. Explosion and smoke from destruction of wall.
As film begins, a U.S. Navy officer and Army officer coordinate a list of soldiers to board a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in the port of Tunis, North Africa. Rubble of damaged and destroyed building is behind them. U.S. Army troops are next seen on the waterfront. They begin moving along the docks where LCIs are tied up. Other troops are assembled on the wharf waiting to enter the docks. Extended series of views showing closeups of soldier's combat boots stepping along the gangplank to an LCI. Next, is view from a dock as column of soldiers walk slowly past the camera toward their LSIs. Another view of troops and LSIs from further away. Broad view of the waterfront with docked LCIs and war ships in the distance. Closer view of docks, troops, and LCIs, and warships in the harbor.
Benito Mussolini arrives in a German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, at an airport serving Adolf Hitler's Eastern Front headquarters (Wolf's Lair) near Rastenburg, Poland, a month after being rescued by German commandos from imprisonment in the Campo Imperatore Hotel, high in the Italian Apennine Mountains, during World War 2. He is warmly greeted by Adolf Hitler (who personally ordered the rescue mission). Mussolini's son, Vittorio, also greets him. Hitler escorts Mussolini to a staff car bearing both the Italian and German (Swastika) flags. The car arrives at the Wolf's Lair, and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop greets Mussolini as he steps from the car. Hitler escorts Mussolini into the building. Next, Reichmarshal Hermann Goering is seen pointing out something to Mussolini. Change of scene shows Mussolini in hat and overcoat being escorted by Hitler, out to their waiting staff car. Back at the airport, Mussolini says his goodbyes to German officers and Hitler. He boards the Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft which taxis out as Hitler waves goodbye.
Allied Invasion of Sicily in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Force(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft taxis on the airfield. American and two British officers walk past a parked B-17. American officers talks to two British officers. General of the United States Army, Dwight D Eisenhower talks to British officers. General Eisenhower waves to British officers and steps into a staff car. General Eisenhower and British officers inspect British troops. General Eisenhower talks to a British officers. United States Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell (NA-62) medium bomber aircraft fly in formation
P-38, of the U.S.Army Air Forces 14th Fighter Group, raises dust as it taxis close to the camera on Telergma airfield in Algeria, North Africa. Several 3-plane flights of P-38s take off, join up in formations, and fly overhead. A series of views, from inside a P-38, of others in formation as they fly over North African territory en route on bombing mission to Sicily, Italy, during World War 2.