German cargo glider in flight. Trees in view. The glider lands on beach and taxis. German troops rush towards it. Another cargo glider lands and taxis. The cargo glider is unloaded. German troops with the supplies, including German NSU Kettenkrad HK 101 Tracked Motorcycles during World War II.
Several Italian civilians gathered in town square. A band of musicians stands with the civilians. Italian civilians celebrate the news of Italian armistice ending hostilities with the Allies during World War II.
U.S. Army staff sergeant in a sand-bagged bunker, uses binoculars to observe Germany areas targeted by American heavy during the Italian campaign of World War 2. A 155mm long tom gun and other heavy guns, under camouflage netting, begin elevating for a so-called "Bingo" barrage to blanket a German-held area by shelling. Artillerymen with phones and headsets coordinate the start of the barrage. Scenes of steady firing from numerous guns of various types and sizes.
Challenges faced by the Allied Military Government while trying to reestablish Italian self reliance in agriculture during World War 2. Film opens showing Italian-sourced food supplies being delivered, as Narrator discusses problems of black market. He notes that Italian wheat growers who fail to declare excess grain are raided. Officials are seen entering and seizing grain from warehouse of such a grain merchant. Loaded trucks pass checkpoints set up on highways. View of official examining bill of laden from a truck being checked. Armed Italian Carabinieri ride on trucks of grain to prevent pilfering. Glimpse of AMG officials as narrator speaks of strict rationing system. Italians at a table, counting out ration coupons. Ceiling prices of all commodities seen posted at public places in Sicily. Sacks of seed potatoes being loaded from an AMG warehouse onto a horse-drawn cart that is then seen driving away, fully loaded. A boy on a farm unloades a sack of seed pototoes. Barefoot Italian women and girls planting the new crop. Fishing boats being readied to put out again. View from a fishing boat as men retrieve a large net filled with fish. An open air marketplace filled with Italian shoppers. A window sign announcing American bread. A woman shooing flies away from her open stall in the market as an old woman samples some of her wares.
Italian defensive position on Alps mountain range. Italian soldiers stand on a mountain. Italian soldiers stand near bunkers dug into a mountain side and covered with sheets. Italian soldiers climb up and down the hill. On the aerial rope way called "Telefrica," a tram car runs on ropes moving supplies back and forth on the mountain. Italian soldiers sit on rocks of mountain with rifles. River in the background. Soldiers march down the hill and through a town area filled with rubble. Soldier ties ammunition baggage on the back of a dog. Dogs carry baggage up the mountain for the soldiers. Italian soldier moves a machine gun into position. Soldier looks through binoculars near machine gun emplacement in World War I.
Thousands of Italian prisoners of war entering a processing center following the battle of Caporetto in World War I. Italian troops and some civilian refugees moving slowly along the side of road. Several wagons pulled by oxen. Some troops ride on the wagons of Italian refugee families. Oxen pulling wagons with families and their belongings. Many Italian soldiers wave and smile for camera. Some rest at a roadside area while other continue along road with horse-drawn wagons. Civilians entering a village. Troops from different units meet and greet one another. Italian troops assembled at prisoner of war camp, with wood buildings and snow-covered Alps mountains in background.
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