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Allied troops liberate Rome, Italy; actions earlier during World War II leading toward the liberation.

A film titled 'Liberation of Rome' shows the arrival of Allied troops in Rome, Italy and the end of Fascist rule during World War II. On June 4, 1944: Allied 5th Army soldiers on the streets of Rome as people celebrate their liberation. Soldiers loaded on M4 Sherman tanks move past large crowds. The American flag. A Scots pipe band plays as they march through the throng. Allied soldiers march toward the Colosseum. Views of the Roman Forum, the Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the Piazza Venezia. British pipers marching through the crowd. U.S. troops in trucks towing artillery. People gathered in large numbers on the streets to celebrate the liberation of Rome. A sign reads ' War staff room Combined chiefs of staff '. Past events depict Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. at a meeting as they discuss the plan to liberate Italy from Fascist control. Animated map depicts Allied operations in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily. But highlights continued Axis air threat from Italian mainland. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reviews troops in an undated scene. Nazi Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers taxing on an airfield at Foggia, Italy, earlier in the war. A German Heinkel He 111 bomber takes off. German troops and equipment transported on an armored railroad train. View of German quad Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun aboard the train. German StuG III Assault Guns and Panzer III & Panzer IV tanks being transported on railroad flatcars.

Date: 1944, June 4
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059421
A soldier hammers out bolt on wheel of U.S. M-48 Patton tank as repairs are done, during vehicle evaluation exercises in the US

Armored vehicle evaluation of the 34th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, on training grounds in the United States. Soldiers near a U.S. M-48 Patton tank. A soldier hammers out bolt from U.S. M-48 Patton tank which hit a mine. The tank rests on wheel as repairs are done.

Date: 1967, March 15
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068113
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment training with tanks in forest area, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands

United States Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment undergo training in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, in Pacific Theater, during World War Two. Group of Marines advance with M4 Sherman tanks. The infantry moves in a thick forest area. Marines in alert positions with rifles in hand.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064090
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment training in forest area of Russell Islands, Solomon Islands

United States Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment undergo training in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, Pacific Theater, during World War II. Group of Marines advance with M4 Sherman tanks. The infantry moves in thick forest area. Marines in alert positions with rifles in hand. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. Marines double timing with rifles in hand.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064091
Mission and operations of the U.S. Army Service Forces during World War II

Film opens with an explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack in World War 2. The USS Arizona sinking. Newspaper headline reading "U.S. Declares War." Relief map globe of the world. Narrator speaks about accomplishments of the U.S. Army Service Forces since the Pearl Harbor attack. Glimpse of two M4 DV early Sherman tanks moving on a road. The famous Uncle Sam recruiting poster. Huge number of massed U.S. Army troops marching toward the camera lined 16 abreast. Army supply service personnel inspecting providers of all manner of supplies needed to feed, clothe, and equip the U.S. Army. Brief views of supply operations underway involving food and fuels. An Army truck and a P-38 lightning airplane (under wraps) being loaded aboard a ship. A warehouse stacked from floor to ceiling with military supplies. Forklifts moving in the aisles. Group of officers sitting around a table. Some wear shoulder patch of Army Service Forces on their uniforms. The processing of millions of volunteers and draftees for military service. Men in recruitment office being guided by staff. Lines of new recruits undergoing physical exams and then arriving in civilian clothes, with their baggage, at a training center. Barracks being constructed at a training camp or base in the United States. Camera pans across a large completed military camp. Soldiers forming up in front of barracks. Sign reads "Dispensary, Recruit Reception Center." Recruits lined up and receiving vaccinations against tropical and other diseases according to the regions to which they are being sent. An Army Sergeant assessing recruit qualifications for various military assignments. New recruits eating in a camp dining hall and also in a chow line at an outdoor field mess. Views of industrial workers picking up tools and assembling military equipment in war plants. A coal burning electric generating plant with 8 smoke stacks. A furnace with hot steel visible. An Army agent and an industrialist or business man signing contract documents. Glimpses of women war production workers placing items on a conveyer; guns being assembled by men in an armory; railroad train carrying freight across rugged U.S. territory; ocean-going ships ready for loading; cargo stacked up at ports; numerous 55 gallon drums ready for loading; rope slings of cargo being loaded for shipment; numerous army trucks ready for shipment to Allies, under "Lend Lease;" a nurse checking medical supplies for shipment; Many U.S. Army M3 tanks ready for shipment. Views of British forces engaged in the North African campaign, before the U.S. entry in World War 2. U.S. soldiers marching along a Camp road past a sign reading: "Headquarters, 725th Railway Operating Battalion" (Located in New Orleans). Rapid glimpses of various supplies, equipment, etc. being loaded for shipment abroad. Women war production workers in plants. Men in outdoor yards filling long lines of jerry cans. Views of clock hands moving. soldiers shooting automatic weapons (including tracer rounds) at a firing range.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075783
U.S. Marines seen in live fire combat preparedness exercise in the United States.

U.S.Marine Corps live fire training in the United States. Film begins with camera viewing from below, from a trench, as a U.S. Marine M48 Patton tank comes forward straddling the trench and driving over and past the camera. Next, Marine riflemen are seen in trenches as a Marine F4U Corsair aircraft flies low over them. One marine throws a hand grenade. (Momentary glimpse of a Marine standing nearby on a steel observation platform, observing the training exercise.) The hand grenade explodes. Helicopters are seen flying low in the background. Meanwhile a Marine to the right is firing bursts from a machine gun. A Marine wearing a headset observes through binoculars. Gun crew firing a heavy howitzer from under a camouflage net. Marine M53 self-propelled 155mm guns being fired in the field. Flame Thrower Tank M67 throwing a stream of fire at a target. Jet fighters flying overhead at high speed dropping napalm. Flames erupting as the napalm strikes and ignites. Marines firing machine guns and rifles. Bombs striking.

Date: 1961
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064855