World War Two scenes involving U.S. General George S Patton,Jr. The conquest of Sicily in World War 2. Soldiers of the 7th U.S. Army fire artillery. Explosions in the distance. General Patton with a group of soldiers. American troops in the streets of Sicily. The civilians cheer. Patton waves as a military vehicle passes by. Military vehicles and jeeps pass on the streets. Patton with other officers. American soldiers walk past rubble in the street of Sicily. Troops march. Patton with other soldiers behind a donkey cart. General Eisenhower salutes as he reviews the troops. Patton with General Eisenhower. Patton addresses new troops in Great Britain. Patton with soldiers. Soldiers practice fighting. (Narrated by actor Ronald Reagan.)
View from ground as two flights of four P-38 aircraft, from the USAAF 14th Fighter Group, fly overhead in formation at their base, Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War 2. Then more are seen flying in vertical stacked formation over the field. Two land side-by-side on dusty runway. A "V" formation of P-38s flies overhead. The formation comes in over the field and individual P-38s peel off and circle to land. P-38s buzz the field in pairs, and then in flights of four.
Pope Pius XII celebrates his 80th birthday with a large group of children from 40 countries around the world. Pope Pius XII walks into a room. Children surprise Pope Pius XII with flowers. Women in black veils and dresses accompany the children during the papal birthday party. Priests and Vatican officials are present in the celebration. Young children present flowers and a birthday cake to the pontiff. Pope Pius XII talks to young children. Children perform a dance for the pope. Pope Pius XII blesses the children.
The Italian Campaign during World War II. An American soldier inspects a damaged German Kettenkrad tracked motorcycle abandoned at a roadside. Allied truck, jeeps, halftracks, and towed field artillery moving along a road. Sign on road near destroyed buildings identifies Highway 7 and points to towns of Gaeta, Velletri, Albano, Genzano, and Rome. U.S. Sherman tank on road passing bombed out buildings. Allied military ambulances on the road. More views of destroyed buildings. A damaged Sherman tank. A damaged German tank. A U.S. soldier climbs out his bunker carved out of rubble.
U.S. 7th Army troops march at embarkation point in Naples prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Troops board LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Cub planes make landings on LST. Allied troops at rest and recreation. A pilot boards a Cub aboard LST. LST underway at sea. Pilots practice take off. Ships fire towards the Italian coasts. Amphibious assault team land at Italian coast to practice assault. Troops wade across water. Troops leave landing crafts. War ships approach the coast. Heavy blasts in coastal areas. Troops advance on the field.
U.S. troops aboard deck of LST (Landing Craft, Tank). LST underway at sea. Ships of invasion force underway. LC (Landing Craft) underway at sea. Pontoon section launched from side of LST. PC (Patrol Craft) underway. Other LC (Landing Craft) and auxiliary ships in the background. Pontoon section alongside LST. Soldiers on deck of the ship close ashore. (World War II period).
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