Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. United States Army bulldozer clears main military road after eruption. Men stand on the street and watch as the bulldozer pushes piles of cinder. Buildings on side of the road. A long line of trucks follows the cleared path. The trucks are loaded with road equipment. United States soldiers alight from trucks. The soldiers help clear the railroad tracks. Italian workers, children, British Army Troops and Italian soldiers aid in clearing ash from vital areas. Farmers clear heavy layers of ash and cinders from roof tops. Bulldozer pushes huge piles of cinder. Women look from the windows of their home. (World War II period).
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Billows of smoke filled with cinder and ash rise from the crater of the volcano. Huge columns of smoke spread across the sky. Children clear the road. A view of the Coast of Salerno. Black ash on the beach. Roof tops of the houses are blackened. Ash covers and ruins crops. Villagers move through streets with umbrellas to protect them against falling ash. Vehicles on the street. Footprints of a man as he walks across a field of ash. Ruined crops deep in ash. A man extracts potato from ashes. Horse driven carriage on the street.
Captain John Huston's team coverage of Italian native residents in ragged conditions in a ruined village in Italy, during World War II. Legs and feet of male and female natives as they walk on uneven debris of wrecked buildings in the village. Bare footed native Italians walk on debris carrying baskets on their heads as they walk through wrecked buildings and alleys. Pathetically ragged small boy and girl amidst the ruins smile.
Allied troops fight for Monte Trocchio which was known as the 'million dollar hill' in Italy during World War II. A supply depot. Men carry armor and ration crates. The crates being tied on backs of mules. Men and mules carry supply boxes up the hill. Soldiers eat food. Food being served to the soldiers. The soldiers drink from mugs.
Liberation of Rome by the Allies during World War II. Aerial views of Allied trucks and tanks as they advance along a road in Italy. Allied soldiers on a field. The Germans are taken as prisoners and are marched. Soldiers along a street. A wounded soldier is given blood plasma. The soldiers march. A sign reads '23 Roma'. Explosions occur as the soldiers fire. A wounded soldier is unloaded from an ambulance. Medics treat the wounded inside a room. Tanks and jeeps advance.
Snow covered areas in Italy. Snow covered tents of U.S. 94th Medical Evacuation hospital. A soldier removes snow from a tent. A board reads 'American Red Cross'. Soldiers walk around. The soldiers remove snow from vehicles and tents. Vehicles driven over a snow covered road. The soldiers spread gravel and stones on the road. The soldiers in the foreground as the vehicles are parked. A man near a search light. Men rotate the search light. The search light illuminates the roads. (World War II period).