Italian elites convene for a social meeting in Italy during World War II. Prominent Italian men and women arriving inside a villa for an event. Butlers welcome the guests and take their coats. A group of women in black dresses arrive as guests. A guest hands over his hat to the footman. Italian footman takes off the man’s coat. A man escorts his wife as they walk down the hallway. Ornate Baroque furniture such as mirrors, tables and busts decorate the hallway. Guests drink coffee and chatting with one another. A butler serves coffee to guests.
German and Italian prisoners of war (POW), captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack at Cisterna, Italy, in World War II, are seen gathered in a compound with a bomb-damaged building in the background. An American guard holding a rifle escorts more prisoners along a highway towards the compound. Prisoners in both shots appear fatigued, some showing visible injuries with leg, arm, and head bandages. In a final scene, two seated prisoners rest; one has an injured leg and smokes a cigarette.
Camera man slate indicates location is near Mussolini Canal. Past a tree line and ruined building, distant explosions cause smoke to rise. In the next shot, a steady line of German prisoners of war (POW) march toward the camera, many with hands behind their backs, captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack in Italy, World War II. FSSF soldiers march alongside the prisoners, holding rifles ready. A smaller group of prisoners, all with their hands on their heads, march past armed FSSF soldiers and a tank. In the next scene, FSSF soldiers march away from the camera, passing a knocked-out U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank. Later, a group of soldiers inspects three knocked-out Panzer IV tanks on the side of the road. Some soldiers are seen using shovels at the edge of the road. The final shot zooms in on a destroyed German Panzer IV tank.
Soldiers of the First Special Service Force (FSSF, also called the "Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) conduct a raid on an enemy German position in Anzio, Italy, during WW2. A soldier draws in the dirt using a stick, briefing the soldiers for the attack. The FSSF troops carry rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers (bazookas). The soldiers surround the German outpost and begin firing. Various close and medium angles of the soldiers firing rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, and a rifle grenade. The soldiers advance toward the enemy position. German prisoners of war (POW) walk on a road. A larger group of German prisoners stand and sit, idle. Close up of the prisoners' faces, one smokes a cigarette.
Italian Army Alpini recovering bodies of victims from United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954, while on a flight from Rome, Italy, to Lyon, France. The crash site is at 8,500 feet on Mount Carbonè, in Northern Maritime Alps, near Limone Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy. Italian Alpini (mountain troops) lead mules laden with bodies of crash victims, in canvas bags, down a mountain path. They are seen placing one such canvas bag into a coffin. A U.S. and an Italian officer then drape it with an American flag and Alpini pallbearers carry it to a waiting vehicle and gently place it on board. An Italian Alpini honor guard presents arms and its commander salutes.
Berlin: Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini of Italy confer in Berlin. Both leaders enter a building followed by officers. A soldier gives a Nazi salute. Officers confer in a room. Italy: Mussolini, accompanied by German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Commander Rodolfo Graziani, inspects new Italian Division. He talks to the soldiers. Soldiers set up equipment for display. Mussolini inspects equipment. Soldiers cheer as the official motorcade leaves. (World War II period).
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