United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) returns POWs (Prisoner Of War) to Naples, Italy after World War II. USS Wasp underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The hangar deck is used as a movie hall. View of crew members seated in hall to watch a movie. Corner of motion picture screen in foreground. Next scene shows a catholic religious service on the ship. A view of the choir and altar during service. Audience seated during the service. A nude painting is being presented to the Executive Officer of USS Wasp Commander Joseph C (Jumping Joe) Clifton. The men seated on chairs. Men laugh as the painting is being presented. Commander Clifton speaks on the podium.
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. POWs (Prisoners of War) are being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Interior of the washroom of the USS Wasp. Men stand on opposite side of rows in front of bowls in the washroom. They scrub themselves. Men shave aboard the ship.
USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, carrying Italian POWs (Prisoner Of War) being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Captain Wendell G. (Windy) Switzer walks around the corner of a wheelhouse. He observes through binoculars and then takes a bearing. (This sequence is repeated three times in separate takes.) He is seen inside the cabin.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. POWs (Prisoner Of War) are being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Men lay on bunk beds. A man sits on a bed. Several men read and stand near the bunk beds. Barbers cut hair of men on the deck. A group of POWs stand in the background.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Image of Adolf Hitler speaking at a rally earlier in the war, with translation of some of his words superimposed on the image. Stone heaps in a European city following bombing in World War 2. A sign for Hazelaarstraat (area of Amsterdam, Netherlands.) Rubble of destroyed buildings. The ruins of a church. Closeup views of address numbers in a city, including 6, 24, and 40, each followed by scenes of rubble and twisted metal. Woman emerges from a cave dwelling with a young child. A sad woman holding a young child. Close-up view of a rat emerging from a hole in a wallboard, walking directly toward camera position. Person placing a blanket on a crying baby. A sign board on a street reads, "Danger: Typhus carried by lice." Children (possibly Italian) gathered with water vessels near a well, collecting what appears to be dirty water. A boy lying in a hospital bed, with images of Christ and Italian writing above bed. Hand taking down a hospital chart record. "Napoli" visible on chart implying Naples, Italy. Hungry men, women, and children in Greece, living in poverty, are seen scavenging for food from trash cans. Sign on wall behind reads, "ΚΟΣΜΙΚΟΝ." Arms of women holding water pitchers, standing in a group waiting for water. A desperate looking woman holding a half-clothed sleeping child in her arms. A young boy holding the leg of an adult and crying. A carriage of a undertaker or funeral service driving away on a street.