United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers depart from Popesti Airfield during 15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) during World War II. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxiing in the airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber starts its engines. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from the airfield. A group of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight heading to Italy. Men viewing the sky from the gun turret.
Italian prisoners of war (POWs) volunteer for the Italian Service Units, as part of the Engineers Corps. in the United States during World War II. Italian POWs take an outdoor basic English class at a camp in North Carolina. A United States soldier serves as their teacher. Blackboard is written with “English Ciao”. A prisoner of war writes on the portable blackboard. Italian Service Units part of the U.S. Engineers Corps raise their hands. A prisoner of war volunteer salutes and shake hands with a United States Engineers Corps officer. ISUs are wearing American uniforms with the Italian Service Unit insignia (“Italy”) on brassard worn on the left sleeve and stitched onto the standard garrison cap. An Italian Service Unit volunteer uses a jackhammer to crush a block of stone. Two volunteers sawing a log. Other volunteers learn carpentry. Italian Service Units marching and stand at attention on the field inside a camp.
British General Douglas Haig reviews troops in Britain during First World War; French General Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain comes out of a building and stands with his fellow officer, Italian General Armando Diaz review troops. Troops march with rifles. King Albert I of Belgium comes out of a building and sits on car. World War I troops march on road, snow covered hillside in the background. President Wilson sits and reads a Washington newspaper in Washington DC, United States.
Ethiopian fighters gather near large wood and straw buildings in Ethiopia. More arrive in vehicles including Emperor Haile Salassie, who is surrounded by a cordon of Ethiopian fighters and then enters an automobile and is driven away.
As film begins, a U.S. Navy officer and Army officer coordinate a list of soldiers to board a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in the port of Tunis, North Africa. Rubble of damaged and destroyed building is behind them. U.S. Army troops are next seen on the waterfront. They begin moving along the docks where LCIs are tied up. Other troops are assembled on the wharf waiting to enter the docks. Extended series of views showing closeups of soldier's combat boots stepping along the gangplank to an LCI. Next, is view from a dock as column of soldiers walk slowly past the camera toward their LSIs. Another view of troops and LSIs from further away. Broad view of the waterfront with docked LCIs and war ships in the distance. Closer view of docks, troops, and LCIs, and warships in the harbor.
The return of the Barbarigo submarine to an Italian Atlantic Naval base. Barbarigo inscribed on a submarine. Measurements of Maryland and Mississippi submarines and dates written on hull of submarine. A band playing on ship. Formation in air by planes. The barbarigo submarine comes. German and Italian sailors greet officers and crew of Barbarigo. Italian ambassadors, Alfieri and Buti, together with Admiral Donetz are the first to congratulate.
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