A crashed Piper Cub plane (L-4 Liaison aircraft) on grass field in Italy during World War 2. The L-4 is fastened to a tow truck for removal. Soldiers unbolt portions of undercarriage and and make other preparations for towing. Plane is hooked up. Another L-4 lands on the field.
A crashed U.S. Army Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane, serial number 42-98969, upside down on a field in Italy, during World War 2. Pilot lying on ground checks his hand. Soldiers around flipped plane. The inverted plane is righted and set on its landing gear by soldiers using ropes. (Note: Opening slate, naming Lt. Montagne, refers to Lt. Ed Montagne, 196th Signal Photo Co, .who reportedly went on to produce the TV Series McHale's Navy during the 1960s.)
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The eruption damages the town of San Sebastiano. A view of the crater of the volcano. Huge billows of smoke filled with cinders and ash rise up in the sky. Smoke rises from mouth of the crater. Columns of boiling smoke. Smoke, ash and lava due to eruption of the volcano. Aerial view of towns at the base of the volcano.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The eruption damages the town of San Sebastiano. A view of the buildings at the base of the volcano. The crater of the volcano. Huge billows of smoke filled with cinders and ash rise up in the sky. Smoke rises from mouth of the crater. Columns of boiling smoke and ash. Lava pours from the cone due to eruption of the volcano.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. United States Army bulldozer clears main military road after eruption. Men stand on the street and watch as the bulldozer pushes piles of cinder. Buildings on side of the road. A long line of trucks follows the cleared path. The trucks are loaded with road equipment. United States soldiers alight from trucks. The soldiers help clear the railroad tracks. Italian workers, children, British Army Troops and Italian soldiers aid in clearing ash from vital areas. Farmers clear heavy layers of ash and cinders from roof tops. Bulldozer pushes huge piles of cinder. Women look from the windows of their home. (World War II period).
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Billows of smoke filled with cinder and ash rise from the crater of the volcano. Huge columns of smoke spread across the sky. Children clear the road. A view of the Coast of Salerno. Black ash on the beach. Roof tops of the houses are blackened. Ash covers and ruins crops. Villagers move through streets with umbrellas to protect them against falling ash. Vehicles on the street. Footprints of a man as he walks across a field of ash. Ruined crops deep in ash. A man extracts potato from ashes. Horse driven carriage on the street.
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