U.S. troops of the 5th Army, with Sherman tanks, advance along a road on outskirts of Rome, Italy. Combat cinematographer is photographed by another one. Small Italian wedding party walks past parked American Sherman tanks. Italian civilians crowd around a tank as an American crew member tosses candy to them. The wedding party walks past a parked jeep. Lieutenant General Mark Clark and some of his staff walk along the road. A Major General confers with another officer. General Clark climbs into a jeep with the Major General and a Brigadier General. A Sergeant is seen in a field, where a fire burns. Two soldiers, of the 5th Army, tie messages to carrier pigeons and set them loose.
U.S. 5th Army enter Rome, Italy. Infantry, M-10 Tank Destroyers, Sherman tanks, trucks, Jeeps and myriad other equipment and personnel of the 5th Army are seen along the road entering Rome proper. Electric towers along the sides of the road. Buildings in the background. Soldiers seated in a military jeep at a guard post. Italian civilians hold a sign reading, "American Soldiers We Welcome as our Liberators." Italian civilians gather on the streets and cheer, but disperse quickly when gunfire erupts. Two U.S. soldiers take cover behind their jeep and point rifles in the direction of the gunfire. Smoke rising from parts of the city. American Sherman tanks parked in a farm field.
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.
The famed B-17F, "Memphis Belle," seen during its June 1943 tour of the U.S. to promote War Bond sales, during World War 2. A group of onlookers watch as the Memphis Belle, piloted by Major Robert Morgan, flies only a few feet above the runway at an Air Base in the United States. (Several A-26 aircraft are seen parked on the field.) A civilian announcer stands on a bunting covered platform on the tarmac beside the runway.
Crew of the famed B-17F, "Memphis Belle" on a speaker's platform,at an air field during a Bond Drive tour in the U.S. during World War 2. Propeller blade of the aircraft is seen behind them. Major Robert Morgan, the pilot, speaks to audience (unseen) about War Bonds.
B-17 Flying Fortresses parked on an air field in the European Theater. Airmen load cbombs on trailers. A bomb dump area. Bomb trailers being pulled from the area. A plane taxis on a runway. The B-17 in flight. Three planes fly in formation. An aerial view of the plane in flight. (World War II period).
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