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The Allied Military Government (AMG) begins immediate efforts to cleanup and rebuild Liberated areas of Sicily in World War II.

Allied Military Government efforts to rebuild Sicily after capturing it from Axis forces during World War 2. Italian men needing employnent board an open truck for transport to a job site. Workers standing with American soldiers preparing to work. A huge crowd of men pushing and shoving outside an Allied Military Government (AMG) labor hiring headquarters where they were offered decent wages to begin rebuilding after the war's destruction. Italian men, as well as American soldiers, rebuilding roads in the Alpine region of Italy, where German forces had destroyed them as they withdrew. U.S. Army engineers using a bulldozer, to clear and smooth a road. A large dump truck spreading new gravel for a highway bed. A team of workers manning a cable to pull down a damaged portion of a building. A British Army officer and a Colonial soldier in a turban, set explosive charges to destroy a bomb-damaged building. They detonate the charges and bring down the entire large building. Bulldozers at work on huge piles of rubble. A steam shovel being employed to clear large piles of debris. Men at work in Palermo, to clear entire streets buried in rubble. Men clearing rubble near piles of twisted steel building girders. Rubble being moved by horse-drawn carts and dumped into the sea. Italian masons at work building new homes and refurbishing old ones. In views three months after the original Allied landing in Sicily during July,1943, Palermo is seen well on the way to restoration. School children, including girls with brooms, walking to a place needing cleanup. Views of them cleaning steps and windows. Citizens picking up debris from streets and sidewalks. A man using a hose to clean a street and sidewalk in the city.

Location: Palermo Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035963
Kingdom of Italy aircraft and crews surrender to Americans at Catania Air Base in Sicily, Italy, during World War II.

Italian aircraft and crews surrender to Americans at Catania Air Base, in Sicily, during World War 2, under terms of the Armistice of Cassibile , signed on September 3, 1943 and publicly announced on September 8th by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on Radio Algiers. Under its terms, the Kingdom of Italy ceased hostilities against the Allies and Kingdom forces were to surrender to the Allies. An Italian SIAI-Marchetti SM79 ("Sparviero") Torpedo-Bomber is seen in flight over water, as viewed from another airplane. It carries the number 1NS-20. View of Catania Air Base, with U.S. B-25 Mitchel bomber, of the 340th Bombardment Group, landing, in background. The Italian SM79 is seen taxiing to the ramp, after landing at the Base. A Italian crew man opens the door and an officer exits using the aircraft ladder. He is followed by Giulio Cesare Graziani, torpedo bomber ace and winner of the Italian Gold Medal of Military Valor. (He is framed at 1:12.) Another officer also exits and the three shake hands with U.S. 9th Army Air Force officers on the ground. Commander of the 340th Bomb Group Lt Col Adolph "Tik" Tokaz appears in frame 1:05. The Italian officers present some documents and discuss them with the U.S. officers. The officers from both countries gather around the Italian seal, of the kingdom of Italy, on the tail of the plane and discuss it. The officers turn to watch another Italian SM79 land, taxi in, and park. Italian fliers exit this airplane and walk across the ramp to join the others, with whom they exchange salutes, and shake hands.

Location: Catania Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, September 14
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030939
United States Army Air Force 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders over Sicily, Italy during World War II.

USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes bomb Sicily, Italy during World War II. Formations of USAAF A-36 Invader dive bombers over Sicily. Aerial views of Sicily.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061145
U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invader dive bomber airplanes over Sicily, Italy during World War II.

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A-36 Invader dive bomber aircraft in flight over Sicily. Aerial view of Sicily. The A-36 taxi along an airfield.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061162
A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy.

A map of Italy. A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy. Troops debark and artillery is unloaded. Anti-aircraft down United States planes. German planes land in Sicily and parachute troops deplane. United States positions are bombed and strafed. German planes attack a United States convoy. (World War II period).

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675034445
U.S. Naval utility vessels in the harbor of Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Numerous U.S. Naval utility vessels, including tugs and other boats are seen tied up in the harbor at Palermo, Sicily, Italy, during World War 2.. American flags are displayed on the boats. Monte-Pellegrino is clearly visible in the background.

Location: Palermo Sicily Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066867
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