Soldiers of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army. The Italian First Motorized Group, the first Italian unit to fight alongside the Allies after the armistice of September, 1943, move to the front in early December, 1943. Trucks loaded with soldiers driven. A convoy of trucks and jeeps moves along road. Soldiers seated in trucks with guns. Trucks pass signs of nearby towns: 'Venafro-Mignano' and 'Pietravairano'. (World War II period).
Italian Army operations in Winter during World War 1. A column of Italian canvas-covered army trucks moves along a mountain road in the snow. Italian ski troops in a line, walk on skies across a snowy slope. They then ski down the slope.
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.
Bersaglieri troops of the Italian Army use ropes to rappel down a jagged cliff face. They then take up prone positions in a line, where their unique black capercaillie feathers can be seen on their helmets. They fire their rifles. Afterwards, they crawl forward in formation and slash through a barbed wire obstacle. (WWI; WW1)
An Italian mill where tanks, armored cars and tractors are built. Scenes of men doing work on tractors and armored cars at the mill. Men holding a vehicle tire. A man holding tracks of a tank. Body of the tanks. L6-40 Semovente light tanks ready in a yard.
View of destructions caused on Vajont Dam due to a landslide which fell from top of the mountains. View of River Piave. Animated map which explains how a landslide fell into reservoir and caused heavy destruction which wiped out villages and hamlets. Rock falls and ruins of villages shown. Italian troops with people in rescue operations. Troops carrying wounded and dead on stretchers. Women crying. United States Army helicopter lands. Troops searching for people still alive at disaster site. In the village of Longarone, 80% of the inhabitants are dead.
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