Map shows West coast of Italy and principal cities. Scenes of British and American armor destroyed during the Allied invasion at Nettuno, Italy. A sign on roadside reading, "Gefangenen-Sammelstelle" (Prisoner assembly place). An American prisoner of war (POW) soldier smoking a cigarette. One with arm in sling. German medic bandaging minor cut on hand of a British soldier POW and attending to another. American soldier prisoners in an open field and in a prison courtyard. They look up at contrails from Allied and German airplanes in dogfight at high altitude. German antiaircraft battery firing at Allied bombers overhead. Bombs exploding nearby. Closups of the German gunners. Black flak clouds fill air above.
U.S. Army General Mark Clark visits the Italian second front in Nettuno, Italy during World War II. General Mark Clark discusses with U.S. Army Major General John P. Lucas. Major General Lucas smokes a cigar. General Clark boards a transport airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off. Men watch the airplane.
A burial spot for American soldiers in Nettuno, Italy during World War II. A line of litters with bodies wrapped in sheets on the ground. Soldiers arrive near the bodies. They carry the litters to a cemetery and lower them into the graves. A chaplain reads prayers for the dead.
Activities of U.S. Engineer Regiment on 'Green Beach' Nettuno, Italy during World War II. A 2 ½ ton amphibian truck approaches the area. A camp of the Engineers Regiment in the background. Soldiers stand near the tents. Engineers replace worn mats. They unroll the mats. Activity around an anti aircraft gun emplacement and a machine gun.
German Commander speaks to members of his Army unit and they prepare to move and engage Allied forces in Italy, during World War 2. German gunners firing machine gun from sheltered position. German soldiers running. One carries an MG 42 machine gun over his shoulder. German infantry crossing a stream and climbing up a muddy hill, under fire. German gunners firing an FH 18, 15cm heavy howitzer. German Marshal Albert Kesselring observing through periscopic binoculars. A German 283mm Krupp K5 railway gun being fired at Allies in Anzio. Binocular view of shell striking with huge explosion, in distance. View of gunners atop the railway gun, removing a hot smoking spent shell, and placing another charge into the gun breech. German soldier pulling lanyard to fire the gun. (Apparently two rail guns are being fired, named, respectively, "Leopold and Robert," and called "Anzio Annie," by American soldiers.) View of another huge explosion from a railroad gun shell. Remainder of film shows more shelling by the railway guns including what appears to be a hit on an Allied ship in the bay.
German tanks and infantry defend Nettuno, Italy against Allied forces during World War II. German infantry troops in a fox hole. Camouflaged Pz.IV tanks move. German troops advance. Explosion occur as smoke rises. Soldier take positions. Soldiers walk with rifles. Troops ride Pz.III Flamm tanks They watch through binoculars. Artillery being fired. Smoke rises in the far background. Captured British carrier. Damaged Sherman tanks, M10 tank destroyer, and dead Allied soldiers. Germans take American and British prisoners. The British and U.S. Army POWs being marched under German guard.