American Troop Carrier crews gather for a briefing on August 14, 1944, the day before the Operation Dragoon invasion of Southern France, in World War 2. The captions then refer to their return to the United Kingdom later that month, and to the United States in October 1944. The air crews are seen assembled outdoors at an airfield in Italy. The weather is hot and some of them are shirtless. Some airmen are seen wearing Khaki shorts or singlets. Views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, New York City skyline, taken when some aircrew members returned to the United States in October 1944.
A dramatic roadway viaduct somewhere in Northern Italy. It is of steel and concrete construction with integral arches, and soars above a deep valley in which a river flows. The center portion of the bridge is gone, due to Allied bombing in World War 2. Camera pans over the viaduct from surrounding high terrain. (May be associated with a river named Olio, or perhaps, Oglio.)
The dead body of former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Italy. The dead body of Mussolini with blood stained clothes lying in a morgue. The name tag on the body reads "Mussolini Benito". The dead bodies of Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci placed in a seated position alongside one another.
Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated at Cassino front in Italy during World War II. General Alexander, who served with the Regiment in WW1, celebrates St. Patrick's Day with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. He presents the Shamrock as well as gallantry awards to the Guardsmen who had fought at Anzio. Later they march past while General Alexander takes the salute. [?Allied troops pass in review before the Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower.] British Anzio rocket guns being fired.
An Allied invasion convoy in Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from a beach. Allied ships and landing crafts underway. A portable dock placed in position on a beachhead. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank) at the end of the dock. Soldiers get off the LST. Military equipment being unloaded from the LST. Trucks and other vehicles move across water and come ashore. DUKWs ( amphibious trucks) come onto the coast.
United States troops and equipment in Italy during World War II. United States soldiers carrying rifles march along an area. Smoke rises due to artillery fire. A railway track. A tank gun at the rail track fires. German prisoners march past a knocked out Italian armoured vehicle. Prisoners load into a truck.
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