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.
Men working in ruins of bombed out city of Avellino, Italy. Men with various equipment cleaning up the remains and debris of wrecked buildings. People working in ruins, people gather at the public square, several people moving on carts, bicycles and signs on the wrecked buildings seen in background, including "Germania 1918" and "Plaza Centrale" on the Red Cross building. Sign of 'Danger Unexploded Bomb' is planted in the rubble. (World War II period).
Views of the 56th Evacuation Hospital building in Avellino, Italy. Trucks, jeeps and other vehicles moving in the paved area in front of the building. Several receiving tents scattered in the garden area of the hospital. View of a portion of the wrecked hospital building. Two guards standing at the entrance of the hospital and the signboard of the 56th Evacuation Hospital is planted at the gate side. An ambulance enters the hospital,man opens the doors and others rush towards it and carry out the wounded one on the litters. Men carry the litter into the receiving tent. (World War II period).
U.S. Army 337th Engineers ("Keystone Engineers") near Avellino in the Campania region of Italy. View of a portion of a partially destroyed bridge over the Calore River. Soldiers working with various equipment and repairing the bridge. (World War II period).
Ships at the harbor in Paestum Italy. People moving on the beach at the shore. Army tents and clothing hanging outside the tents on the beach. A Dukw amphibious truck passes along the road near the beach. Truck moving on the road with people walking along roadsides
The American light cruiser, USS Savanah (CL-42) is seen streaming smoke as it cruises at high speed, after being hit by a German “Fritz X” radio-guided bomb during World War 2. Next Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Commanding General, Fifth Army, is seen descending a ladder from the USS Ancon (AGC-4), a headquarters and communications command ship, from which he had been observing the amphibious landings at Salerno, Italy. General Clark is helped aboard a waiting PT boat, where he joins several other officers on deck, with whom he converses.
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