Italian army operations in World War I. Italian troops charge up a rocky hill and pass through snow-covered fields to take up defensive positions. They fire field artillery pieces from entrenched placements. Battlefield is engulfed in smoke from exploding shells as the Italian infantry moves forward. Closeup of Italian machine gun crew firing. A heavy field gun firing. Troops advancing in trenches, across fields and across a bridge, in smoke and under fire. Artillerymen performing rapid fire of their field piece. Shells exploding all over battlefield. Medical corpsmen carry wounded on a stretcher. A soldier falls as an infantry unit advances under fire. Heavy siege mortars are brought into position and fired. Troops load and fire large caliber trench mortar. Smoke from exploding ordnance obscures the view.
In final days of World War 1, October, 1918, Italian troops are seen proceeding against Austro-Hungarian forces. The Italians advance and employ a large searchlight over the trenches at night. Shells burst above the battlefield. After Austria requested an armistice (signed on November 3rd) Austrian troops are seen surrendering in large numbers and assembling in open areas. Meanwhile, Italian troops enter the city of Trento in the Alps mountain range.
Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.
United States Navy Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, during the Vietnamese War. Captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Roy E. McCoy, stands on bridge, in steel helmet and battle gear, looking through binoculars with cigar in his hand. Sailors speak over radio. Naval personnel stand and watch from a bridge. Rows of rocket launchers installed on deck. Rockets are fired. Sailors work on charts and maps inside the ship, showing inshore waters. Sailors relay plotting information over radio to fire command station. (Vietnam War period).
Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), underway in waters of Vietnam, during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III. Sailor in combat gear leans over rail of USS Carronade (IFS-1) and makes notes in a pad. A U.S. O-1 spotter plane flies low past the ship and crewman waves to direct it. Shoreline is visible in background. Sailors perform maintenance on rocket launcher. Two sailors sand outside of barrel on 5 inch gun.
USS Carronade (IFS-1) during Vietnam War. Twin barrels of a 40 mm gun highlighted against the sky. View of gun mount and barrels -- likely mount 41, just aft of the 5" 38cal and one deck up. (There was another 40mm gun at mount 42, on the fantail.)
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