German troops skiing in Italy during World War II. Unarmed German troops ski down a slope. This seems more recreational than war-related. Soldiers rest and soak up sun. But some of their comrades sneak up and throw snow at them, starting a good-natured snow fight. Two soldiers wrestle in the snow. Mule packs carry supplies for German troops. Supplies being unloaded. Hot food being carried in containers, on the backs of German soldiers to feed troops in the field. German troops advance along a snow covered area. A snow storm blows.
Italian fliers land their aircraft at an Allied occupied air base (probably in Southern Italy) to join the Allies for the war against Nazi Germany during World War II. A three-engine Italian Savoia-Marchetti bomber in flight. The aircraft lands at the airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. A hangar in the background. Italian fliers step from the aircraft. U.S. and Italian officer exchange greetings. Aircraft in formation. Italian fighter aircraft land and taxi at the air base. Officers and fliers. The fliers leave their aircraft. Italian fliers seated around a table eat American meal.
Opening scene shows Italian Leader, Benito Mussolini on horseback wearing a military uniform and accompanied by followers in military uniforms. They are riding into the center of a gathering of thousands of Italian youth (Boy Scouts, or Guides) wearing uniforms and bedrolls draped over their shoulders. The youth all stand by bicycles. Scene changes to a race track where a large group of the Italian youth ride bicycles on the track while others with their bicycles watch. There are many ordinary people in normal dress also watching the cyclists on the track. Next, Mussolini and his mounted military entourage are seen riding on the racetrack. Closeup of several in his entourage on a city street. Next, Mussolini and his entourage are seen riding triumphantly along the Via triumphalis, with the Arch of Constantine behind them and the Colosseum at their left rear. Spectators line the sidelines, including a group of youth holding flags. Mussolini raises his arm straight upward in salute and the youth do the same, as he rides past them. View of King Vittorio Emanuele III in a reviewing stand with Italian Generals and Admirals. Closeup of some civilian officials, including a woman standing near Field Marshal Luigi Cadorna as they listen to a speech by Mussolini. Complete change of scene shows an Australian pioneer in radio telephony and associate of David Sarnoff. He stands aboard the deck of a ship just arrived in America, next to his friend, Sarnoff, as he makes some remarks about his visit and recalls receiving the first radio telephone call in Australia, from Sarnoff in Italy. Scene shifts back, again, to Vittorio Emanuele III and others in reviewing stand, and then to Mussolini standing on a balcony giving a speech. Glimpse of Mussolini on horseback. Pope Pius XI making some remarks. .
Film opens showing relatives of fallen American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who made the ultimate sacrifice in the European theater of operations, during World War 2. The dead soldiers were members of the United states 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The relatives are assembled in an auditorium at a military installation in Hawaii, where the 100th Infantry is conducting a ceremony honoring their fallen heroes.Camera pans over some of the relatives. Decorations for valor are presented posthumously to some of the surviving relatives. A widow receives the Silver Star. A father receives the Distinguished Service Cross. A mother receives her son's award. Film shifts to scenes showing artillery batteries of the 100th Infantry in action at numerous battles in the Italian Campaign, including Naples, Cassino, Rapido River, Pisa, Anizo and others during World War 2. A column of 100th Infantry accompanied by armor, are seen entering Livorno, Italy. Members in a jeep are seen passing through area of complete destruction. Others pick their way through rubble, as civilians bass the opposite way,carrying salvaged belongings, Troops of the 100th move cautiously and deploy near barricades to shield from snipers. They escort captured German prisoners. Battle casualties are seen being carried into field hospitals. A medical team performing emergency surgery inside a tent. Wounded and convalescing patients being tended by a woman Army nurse. Others recovering outside tents at the field hospital. A group of 100th infantry troops taking a break. One of their medics is interviewed. Gunners seen with Browning M1917 machine gun. Troops preparing a meal in the field. A soldier presenting paper airplanes to Italian children who fly them. M4 Sherman tank parked on Italian street. Battalion members attending a Roman Catholic mass in the field. Army interviewer asks a Japanese-American Lieutenant why he fights in the U.S. Army. He responds saying "I'm fighting over here for the better things of life, and to preserve the American way of living."
Still photo taken at an unidentified airfield, presumably in Italy. An Italian bomber aircraft parked on the airfield. Some hangar buildings in the distant background.
Two men load a box bearing an ERP (European Recovery Program) sticker into a railroad car in Italy post World War II. Ship workers unload United States Marshall Plan shipment from Italian ship SS Taurinia (ex Vilarosa). An Italian crane operator with close view of crane engine as bales of cotton emerge from ship's hold. Train pulled by FS Class 835 Italian State Railway steam locomotive leaves harbor as people watch from the platform. Locomotive train move across the Italian countryside. A pair of guards open a glove factory gate. Sign in abandoned glove factory gate reads “Proibito Entrare” (“Entrance forbidden”). View of a WALLY padlock. Train with Marshall Plan ERP label enters the factory. Italian factory workers return to work. Factory workers sweeping near machines.
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