View from rocks above as the USS LST -349, is seen being pounded by wind and wave against rocks off Ponza, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners of war are huddled together on her deck as American crew members work to rescue them. Prisoners are seen being assisted as they climb up the steep rocks from the ship. Some are ferried off in inflated rafts. Narrator says: “The ship begins to break in two, with some crew and 20 prisoners still aboard.” View of ship going down as those on the rocks struggle and rescue efforts continue. Narrator states: “The waves swept two Americans and six German prisoners off the cliffs to their deaths. In all, 14 died, 4 Americans, one British officer, and 9 German prisoners.” In the final scene, the ship has sunk out of sight and all survivors (unseen) have moved inland.
Operation Shingle amphibious landing in Italy during World War II. A medical team operates on a U.S. soldier on a beach, with two surgeons at work. Other medics or soldiers nearby observe the surgery. A wounded man on a small boat. A man wipes the hands of the wounded with cotton. Allied troops on the deck of a Landing Ship Tank and the wounded being taken aboard the LST. A close up of the wounded soldier.
Operation Shingle in Anzio Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers lay wire matting on a beach. Vehicles and tanks drive off a pontoon dock onto the beach. Troops on a tank. The tank being unloaded. Troops and equipment unloaded from a landing craft. The soldiers carry guns on their back. The vehicles are drive off the pontoon dock. Insignia of the United States on the vehicles. A jeep towed with a truck and taken ashore. A soldier eats food. Allied soldiers in a amphibious truck DUKW . Troops in DUKW enter the waters from a Landing Ship Tank and head for the shore.
Operation Shingle in Anzio Italy during World War II (Battle of Anzio). Allied troops unload ammunition and stack it near a wall on a beach. Buildings in the background. A Landing Ship Tank on the beach. Trucks tow artillery off a pontoon dock into the water. The troops on the trucks. The artillery taken ashore.
Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. troops dig out and clean a field of land mines. A land mine explodes. The injured soldier is bandaged. U.S. soldiers advance across an open field. The soldiers look through binoculars and advance cautiously. The troops advance past wrecked German Pz.IV tank. A U.S. gun crew fires a camouflaged artillery gun. U.S. soldiers with rifles march along a road. U.S. Fifth Army Commander General Mark Wayne Clark with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery on a field. A sign reads 'Brooklyn Bridge'. American jeeps cross a stream.
Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. troops advance past wrecked locomotives damaged by German bombings. A crane in operation. A roadbed is prepared and supplies are loaded on freight cars for transportation.