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Allied invasion and campaign in Sicily, Italy during World War II.
A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.
DUKWs carry cargo in Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. DUKWs operating at Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean. A ship underway in the foreground. Men aboard another ship. DUKWs underway near the ship. Unloading activities are undertaken. The DUKWs carry the cargo ashore. They are beached. They move along a street. Trees along street sides. A ship and DUKWs underway at sea.
American army soldiers and Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members are greeted upon arrival in England during World War II
Film begins showing American troops crowding the upper open deck of a ship bringing them to a pier in England during World War 2. They are in full battle gear including steel helmets and bed rolls. As the ship moves against the pier, English women begin throwing scones to the men. Closeup of one chewing on a scone. After the ship docks, an army officer and a First officer of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) walk together up a gang plank to the pier. Her cap is the so-called "Hobby Cap" named for Oveta Culp Hobby, the first Commandant of the WAAC, and it bears the insignia of the Rising Eagle (nicknamed the "Walking Buzzard" by WAACs). She wears Captain's rank insignia ( authorized by unit commanders to help in indicating their seniority within the WAAC, although they had no authority over Army personnel). Next, a group of WAAC members in uniform with steel helmets and bedrolls, walks along the pier. An English policeman (Bobby) is seen in the background. A Scottish piper entertains a WAAC member, by playing his bagpipes. Closeup of a WAAC Sergeant with other WAAC members on the pier. One WAAC member tries playing the bagpipes exerting great breaths in the process.
American soldiers and WAAC members arrive in England by ship and travel by railroad train to their next destination there, during World War II
Start of film shows American Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members arriving at a pier in England during World War 2. They are in uniform, wear steel helmets, and carry their personal gear, including bedrolls. As a group they walk to a railway station and enter it. View of American soldiers, inside, walking along the station platform, where they line up in formations. Next, several WAAC members are seen boarding a passenger train. Several Army officers stand and converse with a WAAC First officer, wearing captain's bars. She wears a "Hobby" cap with insignia of the Rising Eagle on it. American soldiers are seen next, also boarding the passenger train. A short man pours something from a pitcher, into soldiers' mess cups. A woman fills soldiers' mess cups from a large container. Sunlight shines on two American soldiers standing in the open doorway of the train. Closeup of them. View of virtually empty train platform as the train pulls away from the station.
Convoy of U.S. military trucks and jeeps in England prior to D-day, during World War II
American troops in England during World War 2. A convoy of American military trucks and jeeps proceeding on English country road. Convoy setting temporary camp near Truro, Cornwall, England. Trucks and jeeps lined up. Tents in a field along the road. Convoy being directed down Station Hill past Grammar School. At 00:24 Cornish engine house shown.
Allied soldiers arrive at a camp area and play music to relax in European Theater during World War II.
American troops in Britain during World War 2. An Army Sergeant announces as he speaks into a microphone. Soldiers get off their trucks and proceed to their tents. Some are seen at a tent where they are issued blankets. The camp is paved with walkways of pierced steel planking (Marsden matting). A sign outside a tent reads ' RCRP camp G' American soldiers walk past the tents. Other signs outside the tents read ' Operating room' , 'Dentist' . Ammunition piled up under cover in the camp area. United States military trucks as mechanics work on them. Soldiers stringing wire on a telephone pole along a road. A soldier speaks over a field phone. He wears Army Service Forces patch on his sleeve. Soldiers put together an informal band, play musical instruments like the accordion, and sing.
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