British soldiers in army trucks on the grounds of the captured Montecorvino Airfield near Salerno, Italy. Trucks and artillery moving into positions on the airfield. British soldier examines abandoned German planes on the airfield including a Focke-Wulf FW-190 fighter and a Junkers bomber in the background. British soldiers examine paperwork and abandoned tents with German signboards in front. Group of British and American soldiers in discussion near a partially destroyed hangar of Monte Corvino airfield. British soldiers unload crates and ammunition boxes from a truck. (World War II period).
British soldiers at the newly captured Montecorvino Airfield outside Salerno, Italy. Soldiers work near hangar at the airfield. A Focke-Wulf FW-190 apparently undamaged, along with two Messerschmitt Me 110s, undamaged. Several wrecked planes and ammunition lying on the airfield. British officers observe destroyed planes. British soldiers uncover and work to disable a large buried Teller German land mine. (World War II period).
Views of wrecked buildings in Salerno Italy. Destroyed railroad bridge and railway station. Signboard of Salerno and Napoli written are seen. Civilians and soldiers walking through the ruins. Caravan of UN army trucks moving on the streets. A man rolling a rubber tire through the destroyed city streets. Scenes of the wrecked buildings. (World War II period).
Views of destroyed buildings in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Soldiers and civilians walking through the ruins. Debris of buildings scattered all over the streets. Text 'Scavi di Pompeii' carved on a wrecked building.
Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. (World War II period).
A B-25C Mitchell bomber landing on an allied airfield in Salerno Italy during World War 2. With landing gear broken from flak, the plane makes a ground loop and crashes during landing. Other vehicles seen parked near the airfield while smoke covers the plane and the airfield. Two U.S. Army personnel standing away from the airfield observing the accident.