Scenes in Italian shipyard during World War 2. Shipyard workers repairing the bow of the Italian Regia Marina Navigatori-class destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi, which was damaged when it rammed and destroyed the British submarine HMS Oswald. The destroyer then rescued surviving British submariners (now prisoners of war) who are seen walking in formation. They are seen again, carrying hand tools and performing agricultural work. British sailors show their tattoos. One shows a butterfly tattoo on his back and a snake tattoo on his hand.
Iron ore being offloaded from a ship, in large steel buckets, on to a flat car, at a port. A large crane dumping ore into a large open railroad container car, during World War 1. Coke being discharged after being processing from coal, at a steel plant. A traveling crane conveying a large container of raw material to the top of a furnace at a steel plant. Fire emitted from a crucible at a steel plant. An ingot being forged. Sequence shifts to views inside an Italian heavy artillery factory, where an annealing wrap is being lowered around a large gun barrel and heated with a gas fire. Huge gun barrels seen on machining floor. Machinists turning gun barrels on very large lathes. View through a gun barrel showing its spiral rifling. Machinists in a crowded shop where all machines are driven by leather belts. More views of gun barrels being turned on lathes. A man seated at the controls of a huge milling machine that revolves around the work piece, fastened to the machine bed.
Italian SSB 2-man torpedo hoisted in a crane hook. View of controls in the cockpit of the SSB torpedo. Pilots in the cockpit of the SSB underway in water. Crew put on their scuba type face masks. SSB torpedo dives under the water surface. Torpedo comes on the surface and alongside a merchant ship. The Captain remains in the cockpit and the 2nd man gets off the torpedo. He fastens a clamp to the keel of taget ship and then pulls a warhead from the torpedo and fastens it to the target ship. He climbs back aboard the the SSB and they pull away.
Names of German war correspondents listed in World War II. Narrator refers to past political regimes. Refers to Fascists from Berlin and their comrades from the old guard. Representatives of "Fasci Italiani All Estero" (Italian Fascists Abroad) meet in Rome at Building labeled "Fascion-Federico Guella." They participate in ceremony honoring fallen Fascists. Memorial Wreaths and flags are shown. Secretary General of the Italian Fascists Abroad, Piero Parini, greets the group and gives a speech in which he emphasizes that Italian Fascists are "side by side" with the Germans--that. Italian and German soldiers are comrades in war. Banners of various groups of fascists abroad are displayed.
Italian troops mobilize during World War 2. Italian soldiers pack their back packs and prepare to march forward. The troops begin to march to trains bound for Russia. The military band plays as they march. A huge crowd of civilians on the streets. Men, women, and children watch as the troops march towards the trains. People hold miniature Italian flags and cheer the soldiers. Civilians gather on either side of the road as the soldiers move ahead.
A little girl dressed in white descends from a DC-6 passenger airplane operated by Linee Aeree Italiane. A dignitary also arrives with his wife. Airline passenger representative hastens up stairs to meet him and aircrew members escort him. A woman greets him with a kiss, while he is descending steps from the plane. He kisses a woman. He is warmly greeted by many people. Members of the press approach him and he is photographed as he walks.
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