A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. An officer instructing the soldiers about map reading. The soldiers sitting around him. The soldiers lined up. An officer inspects them. The soldiers practicing with rifles under camouflage. Physical training of the soldiers. They run through obstacle courses holding rifles and other weapons. The soldiers lying in prone positions fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing. A board outside a building reads: 'Post Exchange'. Two soldiers standing outside the building and talking. The soldiers inside a building having drinks and hamburgers. Other soldiers seated on the ground and talking. The soldiers in a recreation hall, others watching movie in a theater and some dancing inside a hall with women. Exterior of a church. The soldiers entering the church. A board reads: 'Library Chaplain's Office'. A soldier talking to a chaplain. Interior of a Red Cross building. A soldier talking to an officer. Men and women inside a club. They dance and enjoy. Two of the soldiers discuss about army jobs. Soldiers digging foxholes in a field. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers in Presenzano, Italy during World War II. A soldier making his way through a blizzard. Some of the soldiers standing in a chow line. Food containers on a field. The soldiers having their meals. They empty their left overs into an Italian boy's pail.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. An Italian girl hands flowers to a soldier standing with a group of soldiers. Women greet a soldier. A woman hands over a baby to him. He caresses the child gently. Men and women greet the Americans. They cheer and applaud. A building in the background.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. People standing on either side of a street applaud as the soldiers march. Buildings along the sides of the street. Soldiers aboard jeeps passing on the street. People waving at the soldiers. Italian and American soldiers singing in a group. A stout man with his arm around a soldier is singing. A half-track with soldiers makes its way slowly through a crowded street. People cheer and applaud. Some of the people watch the soldiers from the balcony of a building.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Holland during World War II. Soldiers aboard a jeep moving across a field. Other soldiers walking along the field with gliders aground in the background. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight overhead. Supplies are dropped from the aircraft. Jeeps loaded with U.S. Army soldiers move along a road past cheering civilians. A woman waves a large American flag, greeting the troops. (This is possibly the town of 't Zand.)
Allied troops in Holland during World War II. Jeeps towing equipment move along a road. Civilians cheer. Houses along the sides of a street. A sign board reads: 'Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen and Eindhoven'. British XXX Corps tanks roll through streets. Local spectators stand on both sides of the street. This town is Son, just north of Eindhoven
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