Armed French infantrymen (Poilu) march hundreds of Austrian prisoners, under guard, who were captured by the French in Italy, during World War 1. They march four abreast along a road in Italy.
Italian Prime Minister and Duce Benito Mussolini declaring Italy's entrance in World War II. Benito Mussolini delivers a speech from a balcony in Palazzo Venezia (Palazzo Venezia Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). People with Italian flags cheer for Mussolini after the declaration. Huge columns of Italian soldiers marching in streets of Rome, and Italian tanks and military trucks move towards the war front. Italian soldiers marching out of Rome. Italian Navy ships and various vessels are also seen at sea.
Models display newest fashions in hats designed according to latest fashion trends in Italy. Feathers and fur highlight the newest hat fashions. An Italian woman wearing a hat made of fine white feathers. Another woman wearing a wide brimmed hat with fur. A woman wearing a fur bonnet. Models wearing hats with ostrich feathers. Women wearing turban and Russian hats. Different styles of millinery for every occasion are shown in Rome, Italy.
A fashion show featuring the summer collections by Italian designers at Saint Vincent casino (Via Mus, 11027 Saint-Vincent AO, Italy) in Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley, Italy. The audience is served with fine Italian cuisine and drinks. A woman holds a cigarette while watching the fashion show. Models dressed in A-line dresses, slacks, playsuits, and circle skirts walk on the catwalk. Audience claps from their table.
Opening scene shows British artillerymen bombarding the Italian town of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, which is held by paratroops of the German 1st Parachute Division in World War 2. Closeups of British soldier operating 155mm gun. British officers planning the barrage. Battery of guns firing. View of shells striking Ortona, along the coastline. Heavy guns firing from under camouflage netting. Smoke rising from artillery strikes. Scene shifts to Allied occupied airfield in Foggia, on the coast, South of Ortona, where P-40 aircraft of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are preparing to fly in support of the Ortona offensive. (This U.S Army Air Forces unit is comprised entirely of African American pilots and support personnel including Tuskegee Airmen.) Closeups of airmen fueling and arming the aircraft, and of pilots gathered in a mission briefing. 99th Squadron aircraft taking off and departing overhead in formations. View from the British artillery position of numerous bombs bursting on Ortona. Film shifts to the Central Front in Italy where U.S. forces are engaged in the Battle of San Pietro. Views of American artillery bombarding German positions in San Pietro. Closeups of numerous U.S. guns being fired. An ejected shell flies through the air from a U.S. Sherman tank during the bombardment. Views of U.S. troops passing a Sherman tank as they enter San Pietro and begin searching for booby traps in the wreckage of the town. Closeup of a soldier dismantling a booby trap. German aircraft sweep overhead and bomb the town. American soldiers dig out a buddy who was buried by a bomb burst, but rescued unhurt. He smiles for the camera. Casualties of the fighting, including many civilians are carried on stretchers and assisted. Local residents are seen grieving over fallen relatives and friends. Groups of townspeople stand along a hillside and watch as Italian soldiers join with the Allies in the fighting. Jeeps are seen navigating the muddy mountain trails as far as possible. Then further movement requires the use of mules. Troops are seen with mule trains. Soldiers shoulder heavy ammunition crates and slog uphill with them over a muddy mountain trail.
Role of women railroad workers in Italy during World War 2. Women railroad workers collect tickets at a railway station in Italy. Travelers hand over tickets to women and walk in line. Railroad women conductors get onto train. The train moves from the station. Woman collects tickets inside the train.
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