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Allied Military Government battles black market and corruption affecting Italian food and agriculture during World war II

Challenges faced by the Allied Military Government while trying to reestablish Italian self reliance in agriculture during World War 2. Film opens showing Italian-sourced food supplies being delivered, as Narrator discusses problems of black market. He notes that Italian wheat growers who fail to declare excess grain are raided. Officials are seen entering and seizing grain from warehouse of such a grain merchant. Loaded trucks pass checkpoints set up on highways. View of official examining bill of laden from a truck being checked. Armed Italian Carabinieri ride on trucks of grain to prevent pilfering. Glimpse of AMG officials as narrator speaks of strict rationing system. Italians at a table, counting out ration coupons. Ceiling prices of all commodities seen posted at public places in Sicily. Sacks of seed potatoes being loaded from an AMG warehouse onto a horse-drawn cart that is then seen driving away, fully loaded. A boy on a farm unloades a sack of seed pototoes. Barefoot Italian women and girls planting the new crop. Fishing boats being readied to put out again. View from a fishing boat as men retrieve a large net filled with fish. An open air marketplace filled with Italian shoppers. A window sign announcing American bread. A woman shooing flies away from her open stall in the market as an old woman samples some of her wares.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035965
Efforts of the Allied Military Government to restore normalcy in the lives of Italians during World War II

Views of Financial institutions in Italy, during oversight by the Allied Military Government (AMG) in World War 2. Seen are buildings of the National Bank of Lavoro and The Bank of Sicily, that were undamaged by bombing. Inside a financial building, American soldiers are lined up to obtain "scrip" (special currency issued by the Allied Military Government). Sign at the cashier window reads: "currency exchange." A soldier holds a piece of Scrip. American soldiers making purchases from street vendors. One eating and apple he just purchased. Men working under AMG auspices to bring a damaged electric power plant back on line again. A steam locomotive begins pulling a train out of a station, as Italian railroad operations resume again under administration of the AMG. Passengers look out the windows as the train passes the camera. On a street corner, a man obtains a copy of a newspaper (Sicilia Liberata) as a free press reappears under the AMG. Churches are seen including one with a large gathering of persons outside. Red Cross workers are seen among others making their way across a makeshift passageway near a destroyed bridge. Other general scenes of Italian citizens living under the administration of the AMG.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035966
Review of remote controlled weapons including a glide bomb dropped from a B-17 bomber aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force

A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A Glide Bomb suspended from a roof in a laboratory. A B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force takes off. Glide Bomb dropped from plane. A straight flight taken by bomb towards its target leaving behind a smoke trail . Bomb falls on ground. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036028
Preset Data Controllable Glide Torpedo dropped from B-17 bomber of United States Army Air Force strikes target at sea

Preset Data Controllable Glide Torpedo. Glide bombs attached to the wings of B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force. Glide bomb dropped from a pre-calculated height and distance towards a target. Flight of the bomb as seen from the bomber aircraft. Bomb strikes the target at sea. Geysers of water formed due to explosion. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036029
Target Seeking Controllable Glide Bomb dropped from a B-17 bomber strikes and destroys its target amidst trees.

Target Seeking Controllable Glide Bomb suspended from roof of a laboratory at a U.S. Army Air Force base. An airman inspects it. Glide bomb released from a bomber takes a long flight towards its target . Stabilized bomb among the clouds during its flight. It blasts amidst trees. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036030
Remote Controlled Television Glide Bomb with monitoring and control equipment attached with it destroys house after long glide.

Remote Controlled Television Glide Bombs. TV monitoring and control equipment mounted below the core of bomb. Airmen drag the cart with the bomb towards a B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force. Airmen attach glide bomb to the racks beneath the wings of the B-17. The long glide of the bomb faces its target. Massive explosion at target. The house is destroyed by the bomb. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036031
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