A knocked out U.S. M115, 8 inch howitzer, in Buonconvento,Italy, during World War 2. American GIs riding in jeep pass a paper sign (left by German soldiers) pointing and giving distance to Munich, Germany. A number of signs left over from German military units formerly operating in the area, are piled up in the street.
Italian resistance movement partisans march through the streets of Buonconvento, Italy during World War II. Giovanni Nenzi, leader of young resistance fighters, delivers a speech to them as they sit and listen to him.
Allied tanks with soldiers atop it roll out on the streets of Buonconvento,Italy. French civilians also throng the streets. Wrecked buildings and debris. Soldiers enter a building carrying their guns. (World War II period).
Invasion fleet assembles, with British, Canadian, and American infantry troops preparing for invasion in Italy during World War 2. U.S. Army ssldiers seen playing chess and reading newspapers aboard ship pre-invasion.. A U.s. soldier holds a puppy dog. A map shows the target places Anzio and Nettuno which are south of Rome. Landing ships and barges seen. Troops and heavy equipment arrive and are seen going ashore at Anzio and Nettuno. German dive bomber aircraft arrive on 2nd day and bomb Allied targets. A allied landing craft is hit and a large explosion is seen. Amphibious tank unloaded from landing craft. Near Anzio, dead German soldiers are seen on streets as Allied troops move in. German prisoners are taken by allies. British troops guarding captured German soldiers. A captured Nazi German officer is shown. and German soldier prisoners smoke cigarettes.
Operation Shingle during World War II. U.S. troops attack German positions in the Anzio area of Italy. They fire bazookas, small arms and machine guns. A burning U.S. Sherman tank, with "20 MPH" marked on the front. German soldiers are captured and they carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher. A number of German prisoners of war are seen in a group.
U.S. General Mark W. Clark visits wounded soldiers in Peccioli, Italy during World War II. General Mark W. Clark arrives in a jeep at the 56th Evacuation hospital. He enters the tent ward and speaks to the wounded soldiers. Blood plasma being given to an injured soldier. General Clark decorates two African American soldiers. He moves out of the tent and shakes hands with officers and drives away in the jeep. He visits another hospital and enters the tent ward. He moves out of the tent.
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