Damages in Sicily after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. U.S. soldier stands amidst debris in harbor area. Soldier inspects abandoned guns. Soldiers looks at wrecked vehicles and climbs on one of the vehicle. Wreckage of equipment and harbor facilities. Debris burn.
Scenes of destruction at the Messina harbor and ferry terminal, in Sicily, in the aftermath of attacks by bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group in World War 2. Views of destroyed ferry boats. Interior of one ferry, with superstructure beams hanging down, and charts, maps, books, and furniture strewn about and partially underwater. View topside of complete distruction. A sign posted in German warns that photographing of the ferry to and from the port area is strictly prohibited. Destroyed rail cars at the port. Pieces of field artillery mixed with debris. A destroyed ferry slip.
Destroyed trains in railroad marshaling yard at Messina, Sicily, resulting from U.S. Army Air Forces bombing during World War 2. Cracked, broken and destroyed buildings in the city of Messina. Shattered trees and debris-filled areas. Two armed provisional Italian police, wearing white armbands, walk past partially destroyed commercial buildings. They turn and walk toward the camera. Closeups of each, and of armband identifying them as Civil Police, written in English and Italian.
Damages caused in Sicily after bombings by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. Bombed out monument and statue in a port town of Sicily. Italian men pose. Damaged buildings. Italian workmen clear debris in front of a large building.
Film titled 'Use of Training Films' on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. Army honor guard. Ground and elevated views of large number of United States Army soldiers marching in huge formation 12 or 14 abreast. Close up views of U.S. Army troops marching in formation. Men from various professions joining the U.S. army during World War II. New recruits in civilian clothes carrying suit cases stand in line at a Quartermaster to receive uniforms. They move in to barracks buildings. Training of men after they join army. A group of newly recruited soldiers making mistakes as they learn how to march and turn in formation. Service dress insignia of a U.S. army sergeant. Men fire rifles in prone position during a training. Men fire 155 mm howitzer. Men repair machine gun. Men are trained how to service a medium M3 tank. They are seen using wrenches to tighten nuts on the tank. Men learn to camouflage a piece of artillery and how to dig a foxhole. Soldiers practice bayonet drills. Soldiers seated in room being trained by means of training films.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. army training films to teach United States Army soldiers in World War 2. Demonstration of parts of an automobile distributor device shown closeup. Microscopic view of syphilis bacteria. A man uses pneumatic hammer on wood. Animation of pneumatic hammer drill demonstrating the use of the drill. Men of U.S. Army Signal Corps make a training film under supervision of a military expert. Cameraman and motion picture film camera seen in use in the field. Typist types a script for the same training film. Director and cameramen record. Editor assembles and edits the films, and is seen reviewing frames of the film and building film reels.
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