The Germans fight against the Allies in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. A number of bombs lined up on the ground. Bombs piled up. Men load bombs on to a truck. Shells being loaded into an artillery. The artillery being fired. Allied aircraft in flight. German anti aircraft guns fire at them. Soldiers look through binoculars. Artillery being fired and explosions occur. German fighter aircraft in flight. Wrecked Allied aircraft on the ground. German aircraft at an airfield.
Nazi exodus from Rome, Italy. German troops on the streets of Rome making a hasty retreat before the arrival of Allied forces. The Colosseum in the background. The troops walk through the Arch of Constantine. Next scenes shows arrival of U.S. Army forces on the streets in the city. American soldiers on the street. A few American soldiers behind a building fire guns to knock out remaining German snipers. Germans are captured by the American soldiers. A building in view. A soldier on the balcony of the building. Crowd of Italian citizens on the streets rejoicing. People seated on trucks moving through the streets rejoicing the liberation. Bombings during the advancement of the allied forces towards Florence. The 1st Brazilian troop in a vessel moving to disembark in Italy. Two officers watching the vessel. Soldiers from Brazil who joined the Allied forces in declaring war against Germany.
German troops battle the enemy in Italy during World War II. A campaign map of Italy during the war. Abandoned and captured Allied tanks and vehicles. Allied prisoners (mostly U.S. Army POWs) are taken by German soldiers. American POWs resting at a roadside, receiving medical treatment, and gathered in a large group. Vapor trails left by Allied aircraft in the sky. German troops man antiaircraft guns. Smoke billows up from explosions in a field. German paratroopers advance. Troops fire machine guns and advance through a wooded area. A camouflaged artillery gun being fired. Field Marshal of German Air Force General Albert Kesselring observes the advance of the paratroopers. A German railway gun is being fired. Smoke billows up from the explosions.
German Luftwaffe fighter aircraft battle Allied aircraft over Italy during World War II. A formation of German fighter aircraft over Italy. German fighters in dogfights against Allied airplanes. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft are downed by German fighters.
Aftermath of Allied bombings on Italy during World War II. A bombed bridge in Italy. A sign in Italian reads 'Pte S. Giovanni, Fraz di Perguia'. A damaged bridge. Aerial view of a wrecked bridge as a result of Allied bombings. A railway tunnel and a bombed out town. A bombed bridge and bomb craters.
African American signal troops of the 459th Signal Construction Battalion, 9th Air Force stringing wire alongside railroad tracks in Central Italy (documents accompanying footage note location as “LITHAIRO, ITALY”) during World War 2. Black United States soldiers working as linemen on top of utility poles alongside railroad track. Close view of an African American soldier lineman working on wires of the utility pole. A soldier guards alongside railroad track. African American soldiers pull wires after the wires of the utility pole are lowered. USA linemen soldiers tighten the wires with block and tackle. African American soldier uses hand cranked Signal Corps signal generator to test connections. Wire spools turn as the wire is strung out.