The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Bombardment on the target area of Monte Cassino. Smoke rises due to the same. Allied soldiers fire artillery from hide outs. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Soldiers of the U.S. 2nd Corps advance uphill past a marked mine field. They take up firing positions overlooking a valley, from where they fire rifles and a machine gun. German targets in the valley explode. Heavy white smoke is seen. The troops move through rocky area filled with shrubs and then run across an open field. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, during World War II. Allied artillery spotter flies over battlefield in a Piper L-4 Grasshopper liaison airplane. Views of the town and mountains. Numerous military vehicles speed along roads in the valley. Smoke rises from shelling of targets in the valley. A soldier looks through binoculars. The Piper L-4 aircraft flies low over the valley, again. View of snow-covered mountain.
Allied military officers gather Italian partisans in Italy during World War II. Military officers inspect partisans standing at attention. Members of the Italian resistance movement wearing neckerchiefs, one of them is wearing a banner with writings. Italian partisans and United States soldiers stand at attention. An officer addresses the Italian resistance movement before turning around to salute. Young Italian resistance fighters with machine gun and rifles jolting together. A large crowd gather during an Italian town’s liberation by American forces. The United States and Italian flags hang on both sides of a makeshift stage.
Italian elites convene for a social meeting in Italy during World War II. Prominent Italian men and women arriving inside a villa for an event. Butlers welcome the guests and take their coats. A group of women in black dresses arrive as guests. A guest hands over his hat to the footman. Italian footman takes off the man’s coat. A man escorts his wife as they walk down the hallway. Ornate Baroque furniture such as mirrors, tables and busts decorate the hallway. Guests drink coffee and chatting with one another. A butler serves coffee to guests.
Two men load a box bearing an ERP (European Recovery Program) sticker into a railroad car in Italy post World War II. Ship workers unload United States Marshall Plan shipment from Italian ship SS Taurinia (ex Vilarosa). An Italian crane operator with close view of crane engine as bales of cotton emerge from ship's hold. Train pulled by FS Class 835 Italian State Railway steam locomotive leaves harbor as people watch from the platform. Locomotive train move across the Italian countryside. A pair of guards open a glove factory gate. Sign in abandoned glove factory gate reads “Proibito Entrare” (“Entrance forbidden”). View of a WALLY padlock. Train with Marshall Plan ERP label enters the factory. Italian factory workers return to work. Factory workers sweeping near machines.
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