Italian refugees evacuated to Southern Italy by Allied powers. Officers of Allied military Government sit and draw plans for evacuation. Allied flags. Animated map. Allied officer explains the route. Italian refugees evacuated along with children. A soldier on motorcycle. Refugees move on bullock cart. Young children cry. Buildings of Italian people destroyed. Army trucks take refugees to port of embarkation. Giant ship carries Army trucks and human cargoes for transport. Italians evacuated to Southern Italy. (World War II period).
Allied soldiers in southern Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers on tanks advancing through the streets of southern Italy. A number of men and children holding a banner that reads 'Soldiers of Liberation, You are Welcome'. A photographer with a camera around his neck in front of the crowd. Soldiers moving in columns along the streets. Buildings along the streets. People with belongings on cattle carts coming back to Italy after they were driven out by the retreating Germans. A British soldier helping the people to unload their belongings. The soldier beside a cart with a child. The cart in front of a small hut. A soldier leading cattle away. The soldiers carrying small boxes move among the trees. The soldiers moving on a path. Troops on tanks moving through a water body. Hills and mountains in the background. The soldiers moving in columns through a stream. An aircraft at an airfield. A former Italian Commandant and other officers talking. The soldiers unearthing a booby trap. Equipment on the airfield. A damaged hangar. Debris strewn on the ground. Allied forces at work on the airfield. British soldiers firing artillery across a marshy terrain. Explosions occur and smoke rises from a building. Several LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) at a sea shore. Trucks moving out of the LSTs. Soldiers beside an LST.
Naval Academy of Southern Italy training cadets to become Officers in Italian Merchant Marine. Italian naval cadets performing different training tasks on a three mast tall sailing ship.
United States Army engineers find a destroyed road in Italy during World War II. Engineers inspect a mountain road destroyed by retreating German forces in Southern Italy. A rocky terrain and a shoreline. Engineers work on a blasted section with air compressors and jackhammers. The engineers carry oak beams and work to construct a bridge. A Jeep drives on the constructed bridge.
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight over Southern Italy. B-26 Marauder bomber dropping bombs over Cassino. Aerial view of targets being blown up by bombs. Explosions and smoke arise from exploding bombs.