U.S. airplanes and the 5th Army fight in Italy during World War II. Gun crews fire camouflaged artillery guns. Smoke rises from a hillside. U.S. airplanes bombard enemy territory. Nazi German supply lines are bombarded by bombers. Allied tanks roll ahead. Allied troops search for snipers in a captured Italian town. U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark watches while his men fire guns and mortars. Prisoners are freed in Cosenza and food is distributed by officials of Allied Military Government in Italy.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun with her mother and sister in Italy. A view of a beach in Paraggi bay, near Portofino, Italy. Panning view of hills, beach, and villas. Eva Braun's mother, Franziska "Fanny" (Kronberger) Braun, and her youngest daughter,Margarete (Gretl), sit on the beach, knitting. Another person sits closer to the water, knitting. Eva Braun runs into the water, ankle deep and walks back. Camera focuses on a sponge floating at edge of water, near Eva's feet and then of her shadow as she bends near the water. Eva and her mother wade in the water. A man dives in next to them, splashing Eva. She cavorts in the water, approaches the camera, and then is seen doing a backbend on the sand, as the water comes up and wets her hair. Eva and her mother stand on a rock and dive into the water. They swim toward the camera, which is filming them from a canoe.
Beaches in Italy. A view of a lake. Aerial view of a coast in Italy. Cliffs at sea. View of the sea. A group of Italian children.
Italian Prime Minister and Il Duce Benito Mussolini welcomes German Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler upon his arrival in the Brenner railway station (39041 Brenner, South Tyrol, Italy), the border station of Italy and Austria. Adolf Hitler gives the Nazi salute while Benito Mussolini extends the Roman Salute to honor guards while it snows outside the Brenner station. Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Nazi German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop follow behind their leaders. Hitler shakes hands with Mussolini and Count Ciano, greet each other with the Nazi and Roman salutes, before boarding train back to Germany. Joachim von Ribbentrop greets the Nazi salute to Mussolini before the latter shake hands with him. Hitler speaks to Mussolini while leaning on train window before departure. Hitler’s train departs from Brenner station. Mussolini gives a final Roman salute to Hitler as his train departs for Germany. Mussolini, Count Ciano and other Italian fascist officials leave the platform. “Brennero” (Italian for Brenner) station sign in heavy snow. Italian fascist officials salute to Mussolini’s snowy train departing Brenner station after Hitler's visit to Italy during World War II.
A film titled 'Allied drive on Italy, planes smash foe in air' shows Allied aircrafts escorted by fighter planes bomb rail junctions in Germany during World War II. Bomb explosion causes pillars of smoke to rise upwards. Nazi airplanes being shot down by Allied aircrafts. Blazing German planes descend. A map shows Allied invasion of Italy. Allied infantry units move forward in Italy amidst heavy firing. General Clark and General Alexander lead the units. Soldiers fight in the streets.
After the battle of Saipan, during World War 2, P-47s of the 318th fighter Group 19th Fighter Squadron are seen flying in from the Carrier, USS Natoma Bay and those of the 73rd Fighter Squadron, flying in from the USS Manila Bay. View from a P-47 approaching Coastline of Saipan Island . Control tower operator on lookout for aircraft. Signal from the tower giving the planes directions for landing. Four P-47s peeling off for landing. P-47s approach and land on Aslito airfield, island of Saipan. Fliers standing around their aircraft watching other planes come in for landing. 19th Fighter Squadron P-47s taxiing into parking area. Pilot talking to the crew chief of his plane. View across airfield showing the demolished hangar building with P-47s in 19th Fighter Squadron's dispersal area. Fuel Trucks and ground crew personnel attend to the arriving aircraft. One of the P-47s carries the name: "Jackie Eilen" and another, the name "Angel." (Note: Although written introduction to this film refers to 11 June, the events depicted occurred after 20 June, 1944. The invasion of Saipan did not begin until 15 June, 1944. Aslito Field was captured on 19 June, 1944. The first P 47 aircraft (a few) arrived on 20 June, 1944 while the Seabees were working to make the field operational.)
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