American troops on a beachhead at Anzio, Italy during world War II. They use mine sweepers to check the safety of the beach. The area is relatively quiet, without notable battle damage in the harbor or surrounding structures. Scene shifts to further up the beach, where a DUKW amphibian truck is parked, and supplies are unloaded to soldiers on the beach. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Landings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. U.S. soldiers board Landing Craft Infantries (LCIs). Officers examine a miniature table map of Anzio beachhead and sector.
Landings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers examine a deserted German observation post (OP) and a pillbox. Mountains in the background. A damaged bridge. Natives and donkeys loaded with supplies move along a road. A soldier looks through binoculars. Bomb wrecked buildings in a small village
A film titled 'Bombing of Berlin' about the British attack on Berlin in Germany during World War II. The United States Army Air Corps aircraft, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on an airfield in England. The aircraft taxis and takes off to proceed to Germany. The B-17 aircraft flies low over airfield. The fighter escorts follow. The B-17 aircraft release bombs on a plant in Berlin. Fires and bomb explosions over the city. The aircraft heads for England and lands on the airfield after raid. Flares help to direct aircraft. A B-17 aircraft with damaged landing gear makes a crash landing. The emergency crew near the aircraft.
A film titled 'Bombing of Monastery' about the British attack on a monastery in Cassino, Italy. An animation of the map of Italy depicting the attack on Cassino by the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force aircraft Curtiss P-40 aircraft dive in and bomb a monastery. Fire and smoke rise from the monastery. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Paratroopers Maneuver' about the British and U.S. paratroopers training in England during World War 2. Formation of Allied C-47 Skytrain in flight. Paratroopers in training seen in aircraft as they prepare to jump from the aircraft over RAF Ramsbury (USAAF Station 469) in Wiltshire county. Paratrooper soldiers inside the aircraft hookup to static lines. The jump master is photographed, by a camera strapped to his chest, as he descends with a cigar in mouth. Unusual view of face of paratrooper as he descends in mid air before parachute opens, and then relief and smile on his face as the chute opens and slows his descent.The paratroopers jump, descend and hit ground. The static lines are pulled back into the aircraft. Several paratroopers are pulled by strong breeze across the ground, before they can spill their chutes. One paratrooper being treated for injury suffered from collision with another trooper. Preparations made inside an aircraft to drop supplies. Supplies in parachutes dropped and land on ground. (These shots are taken flying just to the north of Ramsbury village and looking down on the woods and fields that are divided by Hilldrop Lane.) The airdrop of supplies is made by C-47 aircraft. The supplies descend and hit ground. (The C-47 aircraft in low flight formation drop the supplies in fields to the east of Hilldrop Lane just north of Ramsbury.)
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