A daylight raid by joint US-Canadian commandos on suspected German operation post in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. Soldiers of the First Special Service Force (called "Black Devils" by the Germans) fire rifle grenades on the building and move towards it. Other "Black Devils" give covering fire with Browning automatic rifles and Johnson machine guns for soldiers moving towards the German position. Troops use a drainage ditch to move towards the operation post. They fire bazookas, .30 caliber rifles and machine guns. A soldier fires a bazooka from behind a fence barrier.
Elements of Joint US-Canadian First Special Service Force conduct a daylight raid on a German operation post at beach in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners walking under guard on a road. The prisoners carry a wounded on a litter past a burning M4 Sherman tank. Burning U.S. tanks, knocked out by German teller mines.
A daylight raid by troops of the Joint US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force, on a German operation post at a beach in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. Brigadier General Robert Tryon Frederick, Commander of the First Special Service Forces (Black Devils Brigade) speaks to Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of 1st Special Service Force, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Moore alongside a burning tank. A tank moves on a road. Battle worn troops on a road. The troops cross the Mussolini Canal. An officer near a burning tank. A tank moves past a burning tank. Troops walk in a line. (Note: the U.S. tanks were knocked out by German teller mines.)
A daylight raid by Commandos of the US-Canadian First Special Service Forces on a German Outpost in Anzio, Italy during World War II. German prisoners of war march on a road. Allied troops around a disabled M4 Sherman tank in a water filled shell crater. The troops dig around the tank.
Prisoners of war in Anzio, Italy World War 2. German and Italian prisoners in an outdoor area. The prisoners, under the guard of U.S. Army Military police, move about. The prisoners sitting against a wall of partially destroyed building.
Several sequences related to World War 2 Normandy invasion, not all in chronological order. U.S. soldiers with tents encamped between military vehicles parked close together on deck of a Landing ship tank (LST). Higgins boats are seen on davits. Soldiers sleeping under tarps on deck. Sailors in lookout perch; one operating signal lamp. American flag flying from mast. Scene shifts to landing craft at an inlet. U.S. LST-310 moves past at low speed; a white diamond painted on her hull. Two small empty landing craft, each driven by a single sailor,seen keeping pace with the LST. Change in sequence: The LST raising her anchor via capstan. Chain moving up through hawsepipe. Another view of her deck crowded with men and vehicles. The LST maneuvers close to LST 310 and then proceeds away past other anchored assault craft.Landing craft-856 is seen. Deck of the LST, with Naval Jack flying from mast. Sailors raising anchor. The LST moves past breakwater and low fortifications. Landing Ship Tank, LST-310, with white diamond on her hull, moving past camera.Numerous other large landing craft in the harbor. View of several large transport ships.A U.S. LST, marked with white diamond on hull,moving very slowly. Higgins boats in the water.
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