Italian refugees from Anzio in Naples, Italy during World War II. Women volunteers and American Red Cross workers issue clothing to refugees at the Refugee Center in Aversa. Women workers distribute clothes. The refugees crowd to receive clothing. An American Red Cross worker issues clothes to Italian refugees. A woman distributes clothes to the refugees. A refugee girl being issued clothes. A woman stands holding a child. A workers hands over clothes to the woman. Another woman with a child stand in the background. She plays with the child.
Italian refugees from Anzio at a refugee center in Naples, Italy during World War II. A barber shaves an Italian refugee. He puts shaving cream on the beard of the refugee. The barber uses a razor to shave his beard.
Italian refugees from Anzio at a refugee center in Naples, Italy during World War II. The refugees standing in a group talk on a street. Other refugees walk up to the group gathered on the street. Italian refugees standing in a balcony look at the group on the street.
Italian refugees from Anzio at a refugee center in Naples, Italy during World War II. Refugees pass time while awaiting their refugee center designation. A woman knits. A child seated near her. The refugees stand in the background. Woman seated on benches knit. The children seated in a room play. The refugees stand outside a room in the background. A young girl holding a child looks the children playing in the room. A man standing in a doorway looks at the children playing in the room. A woman knits and a man reads a paper as children play near them. Refugee children playing. A mother with a child at her side spins at a spinning wheel. A close up of the mother spinning the wheel. Men prepare food at the refugee center.
On 26th May 1940, Over 300,000 allied troops evacuate beaches in Dunkirk, France during World War II. A beach at Dunkirk. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Allied British and French troops being taken aboard British ships. Smoke rises due to attack by German forces. Troops evacuating in small boats. Allied troops are taken aboard a ship by British troops. The troops in boats underway approaching a ship. Buildings burning in the background. The troops wade through water and approach a ship. British troops help other Allied troops aboard a ship. Smoke in the sky. Evacuated troops aboard the ship. A soldier looks at the smoke rising from the beach. Barrage balloons in flight. The troops climb up a ladder. Allied troop are greeted by British troops in Britain. The troops disembarking from the ship. Two soldiers help a wounded. The troops help the injured in disembarking from the ship. A soldier eats food. The evacuated Allied troops look out from the windows of a train. The troops smiling and eating. The troops smoke cigarettes. Evacuees at a railroad station. Clip is from a UN newsreel dated May 9, 1963, recounting events years earlier.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A U.S. Landing Craft Tank (LCT-592) on Utah beach with its ramp open. Jeeps aboard the LCT. U.S. soldiers bring metal over to use as ramps. The soldiers try to start a jeep. They lay mats so that vehicles can come off the ramp on the beach.
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