Allied troops at the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. Ruins of a building and rubble. A tank parked inside the destroyed building. A soldier gets onto the tank. Bombardment in the target area. Smoke rises due to the same. Destroyed houses in Cassino town. People flee from the place with their luggage. They hold their luggage and some luggage loaded on donkeys.
The allied Italian Campaign in World War II. British troops in jeeps, half-tracks, trucks, and tanks advance rapidly along a road in Italy. British infantry walking single file along the roadside. Fires burning on distant hillside. Camouflaged tanks on the road. British troops in an established position, firing mortars. A British gun crew firing heavy artillery. A Vickers machine gun being fired from a fortified position by British soldiers. View inside the bunker, of a British machine gunner firing the Vickers gun as an assistant feeds belt ammunition. Smoke rising in distance from shelling. Sherman tanks advancing along a road. British soldiers escorting German prisoners of war. U.S. soldiers guard large number of German prisoners of war, marching along a road.
A United States patrol builds a gun emplacement in Italy. Soldiers put sand into bags to build a sand bag emplacement around a camouflaged 8 inch howitzer. A soldier checks the breech of the gun. They cover the gun with a camouflage net. Soldiers load the gun while an officer gets firing data over a phone. (World War II period).
United States soldiers visit Italy. Soldiers pass and read a poster that says 'Take advantage of your Leave', 'See Vesuvius and Pompei', 'American Red Cross Tour Service'. View of Mount Vesuvius. American soldiers board a train identified as 'GI Special to Pompei.' View of soldiers inside the train. View of soldiers by the train holding up the sign reading 'GI Special to Pompei.' (Note: Pompeii is misspelled in the signs.) (World War II period).
United States soldiers on leave in Italy. They visit the ruins of Pompeii. The soldiers enter. They stand and pose. They gather at a huge gate and fill cups from a tap and from urns. Damaged columns of Pompeii. (World War II period).
United States soldiers, on leave, visit Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The soldiers walk near the summit of a mountain. Snow fall over the mountain. The soldiers walk on a mountain path. They take the mountain tramway. Soldiers sitting in a tram. (World War II period).
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