Refine Your Search

Gela Sicily Italy 1943 stock footage and images

- Showing 61 to 66 of 4524 results
Views of Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, after it falls to American forces during World War II

U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060639
American soldiers lower Italian flag and examine a searchlight at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy,during World War II

View from below of American soldiers atop an Italian artillery blockhouse, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A tall radio antenna extends above the structure. View from the blockhouse as U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy. The Mediterrean Sea in background. A soldier climbs atop a tracked vehicle on which a large steel drum is mounted (apparently a large searchlight). They rotate light and one soldier attempts (successfully) to move move it by hand.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, August
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066886
Allied invasion of Italy in World War II

Film opens with animated map depicting paths of Allied forces invading Italy from Sicily. View from beach as American soldiers run ashore from landing craft. Shells explode nearby. Glimpse of large building with barbed wire strung in front and smoke rising from explosion. Soldier near a jeep under fire. Numerous others obscured by smoke as they wade ashore under fire. M4 Sherman tank being driven ashore from a Landing Ship Tank (LST). A soldier on shoreline signals with flags while standing in front of an LST with its ramp open. LST 375 is seen in background. American soldiers firing a 90 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun set up on the shore. Bomb exploding offshore. View from high above a city of a bomb striking and sinking an oil tanker ship. Another bomb exploding nearby. Dense black smoke billowing from a bombed ship in a harbor. More bombs exploding near ships.View from a ship as a bomb explodes only yards away from her. Smoke issuing from a bombed burning transport ship. A pair of wading M10 tank destroyers move along the beach. Soldiers ride on an M10 tank destroyer through an Italian town. Animated map shows range of Allied advance up Italy from the boot. It then shows a circling movement to strike at Nettuno, Italy. Views of American troops being welcomed in Nettuno. Glimpse of an Landing Ship Tank (LST) driving onto a beach.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943, September
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071828
Newsreel 'First Films! Invasion of Italy!' during World War 2

Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.

Location: Salerno Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040777
German troops and equipment successfully cross the Strait of Messina under Allied air attack over Sicily during World War II.

German troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. German ships at a coast. Allied aircraft in flight as a German convoy moves across the Strait of Messina. An aircraft drops bombs at the convoy and explosions occur at sea. Landing crafts in water. German troops aboard an aircraft. German anti aircraft guns fire at the Allied aircraft. Smoke rises as an aircraft is shot down. German crafts are anchored at a beach and equipment being unloaded. Troops disembark from vessels. A soldier smokes a cigarette. A damaged U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft after it was shot down. German General Hans Hube being congratulated for successful withdrawal.

Location: Strait of Messina
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675066912
Newsreel 'Latest films from Sicily' during World War 2

General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo in Sicily and meets with Catholic Church Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working and using dynamite charges in mountain side to more quickly build a road bed for advancing supplies. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured Italian soldiers and Italian officers are marched as prisoners of war in Sicily.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040771
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 11 12 13 ... 754 | Next >>