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Allied bombing of the Strait of Messina off the coast of Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied bombing of the Strait of Messina during World War II. Aerial view of mountainous terrain and open sea. Bombs drop over the Strait of Messina. The coastline of Sicily. Rivers and roads amidst the mountainous terrain.

Date: 1943, May 25
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066936
German troops and equipment successfully cross the Strait of Messina under Allied air attack over Sicily during World War II.

German troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. German ships at a coast. Allied aircraft in flight as a German convoy moves across the Strait of Messina. An aircraft drops bombs at the convoy and explosions occur at sea. Landing crafts in water. German troops aboard an aircraft. German anti aircraft guns fire at the Allied aircraft. Smoke rises as an aircraft is shot down. German crafts are anchored at a beach and equipment being unloaded. Troops disembark from vessels. A soldier smokes a cigarette. A damaged U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft after it was shot down. German General Hans Hube being congratulated for successful withdrawal.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675066912
Destruction in city of Messina from U.S. Army Air Forces bombing in World War II

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.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060646
B-24 aircrafts in formations and raid on Naples and Messina in Italy.

B-24 aircrafts in formations and raid on Naples and Messina in Italy. Bombardier looking through bombsight. Guns visible. B-25 aircraft over water. Navigator and crew member check charts. B-24 interior. Nose gunner checking gun through gunsight. Cameraman taking pictures. Bombardier on alert. Top turret gunner checking his gun. Bombs dropped over water. Bomb explosions in water. Waist gunners checking their guns and on alert together. The tail gunner and waist gunner on alert. Formations of B-24s. B-24s against dark cloudy sky. B-24s flying. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, February
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034863
Allied forces advancing through Messina, Sicily, Italy in World War II.

Allied soldiers in a jeep and a British personnel carrier, drive past huge letters, spelling "DUCE," painted on the side of a massive concrete wall in Messina, during World War 2. Change of scene shows American soldier examining an Italian Pavesi military tractor. He is very intested in its unusual wheels. Change of scene shows the soldier climbing into the seat of another Pavesi tractor and checking out its controls. A large building across the street displays a British flag. An American technical sergeant offers an Italian civil policeman a cigarette. A closeup of the policeman as he smokes. The sergeant points to "Heil Rommel" written on a door, and other graffiti in chalk on a wall. He pauses to examine some wrecked Italian vehicles. Closeup of the wreckage.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066884
Messina harbor in Sicily, Italy shows various bombed out buildings during World War II.

War damage around Messina harbor, Sicily, Italy, after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. Damaged and abandoned Italian equipment near a damaged bridge. U.S. soldiers in a jeep drive past the damaged bridge. A drawing of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Interiors of a bombed out building. Damaged harbor facilities. A U.S. soldier stands near a sign which reads NSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt) with a Swastika sign below it. The harbor area shows several bombed out buildings.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061154