The 8th Evacuation Hospital in Pietramelara, Italy. A Laboratory courier jeep comes up the road and pulls into the hospital area. Medics move and carry the injured on stretchers in hospital area. The jeep stops in front of Laboratory entrance. Driver gets out of jeep and carries package into hospital laboratory. Interiors of a laboratory. Laboratory workers include enlisted men and officers perform tests for hemoglobin, hematocrit and plasma protein. A man drops blood drops into copper sulphate action mixture bottles. Laboratory worker at table moves from work area to refrigerator to bring bottles. He starts working on table.
The 24th General Hospital (also known as the “Tulane Unit”) in Florence, Italy during World War II. Interiors of Clinical and Bacteriological section. Medical technicians at work. A man approached one of the technicians. Technician working with chemicals in beakers and flasks. Lab burner boils liquid from a flask. Technicians perform tests for determination of non-protein nitrogen in blood filtrate. A row of technicians examines specimens under microscopes. Technicians at work in the Parasitology and Hematology section.
The 24th General Hospital in Florence, Italy, during World War 2. Interiors of the Serology section. Histological section of hospital in the foreground. A man works in chemical section of the laboratory. Enlisted Army soldiers at work perform chemical analysis. Bacteriological section in the hospital. Technicians work in Pathology and Veterinary sections of the hospital. Technicians perform tests. Serology section of the hospital. Exteriors of the 2nd Medical Laboratory. A jeep driver pulls away and another pulls up to door. Men load jeeps with bags. A jeep stops in front of laboratory.
The 24th General Hospital in Florence, Italy, in World War 2. Interiors of Laboratory. Enlisted man at work in mobile laboratory under blackout conditions. A man notes on a document.
Allied troops occupy Cassino in Italy. The allied troops advance with tanks and artillery. They fire from damaged buildings. Enemy comes out of hiding places and surrender. Soldiers patrol in occupied and destroyed town of Cassino. Soldiers give candy to Italian children. General Charles De Gaulle and General Clark converse with each other. (World War II period).
Mop up operation by British Allied forces in Florence, Italy, during World War 2. South African and New Zealand troops advance on tanks. Soldier looks through binoculars. Views of city of Florence including Florence Cathedral (Duomo). View of Ponte Vecchio bridge in the city, the only one spared by the German forces who destroyed all other bridges over the Arno River at Florence. Soldier fires from the hidden area. Explosions in the city. Soldiers patrol on streets of Florence. Civilians on streets, including some partisan civilian soldiers aiding in the elimination of German sniper positions.