Shore line of Sicily. LC (Landing Craft) on shore. Allied troops wade ashore upon landing in Sicily during World War II. Troops drive Jeep on beach.
Beachhead activities after Allied troops land on Sicily. Soldier shaves on beach. 20 MM gun crew on alert. Soldiers cook at captured German mess kitchen. Old man and woman on beach. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and pontoon causeways close shore. DUKW (six wheel drive amphibious truck) run up on beach and drive along shore. (World War II period).
Beachhead activities show LC (Landing Craft) at Sicily beach. Small group of German prisoners. Trucks and other vehicles drive from LST (Landing Ship, Tank) onto pontoon causeway. Half-tracks exit LST and drive along pontoon causeway to shore. LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) underway. (World War II period).
Funeral service for Arnoldo, brother of Italian Premier Benito Mussolini. Coffin carried out of the building while the huge crowd gathers up for the funeral ceremony. Coffin of Arnoldo is carried by men moving on streets of Forli. Coffin is escorted by Benito Mussolini. Crowd lined up. Procession heads for rural cemetery. Men in procession hold flags.
World War Two scenes involving U.S. General George S Patton,Jr. The conquest of Sicily in World War 2. Soldiers of the 7th U.S. Army fire artillery. Explosions in the distance. General Patton with a group of soldiers. American troops in the streets of Sicily. The civilians cheer. Patton waves as a military vehicle passes by. Military vehicles and jeeps pass on the streets. Patton with other officers. American soldiers walk past rubble in the street of Sicily. Troops march. Patton with other soldiers behind a donkey cart. General Eisenhower salutes as he reviews the troops. Patton with General Eisenhower. Patton addresses new troops in Great Britain. Patton with soldiers. Soldiers practice fighting. (Narrated by actor Ronald Reagan.)
View from ground as two flights of four P-38 aircraft, from the USAAF 14th Fighter Group, fly overhead in formation at their base, Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War 2. Then more are seen flying in vertical stacked formation over the field. Two land side-by-side on dusty runway. A "V" formation of P-38s flies overhead. The formation comes in over the field and individual P-38s peel off and circle to land. P-38s buzz the field in pairs, and then in flights of four.
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