German soldiers at Cassino front in Italy during World War II. A map locates sites in Italy. Close up views of the heavily damaged Monte Cassino Abbey and Cassino town ruins. Rubble all over the area from Allied bombing of the site. Crater field in front of the Cassino mountain area. Smoke arises from bombardment. German soldiers including paratroopers from 1st Parachute Division use a sighting device to locate Allied forces and plot artillery fire. Germans fire artillery at a patrol of four U.S. Sherman tanks. A German soldier smiles and smokes a cigarette. Allied gunners put down a smoke barrage to permit recovery. German soldiers firing mortars and machine guns at Allied forces through the smoke curtain, including point of view (POV) shot of Germans operating machine guns.
Traffic moving across a Bridge over Volturno River built by 1st battalion U.S. Army 343rd Engineers in Capua, Italy,during World War 2. The original bridge has been demolished and sits in the river bed. Closer view of the site. Traffic moving on the intact bridge is mostly military. View from water of an almost completely submerged section of the destroyed bridge. View from opposite shore of old buildings across the river, including the tower of the Cathedral of Capua (Cattedrale dei SS. Stefano e Agata). Camera pans from various places, including sandy bank of the river. Closer views of bridge show pedestrians walking across it. (Note 1: The bridge built by 343rd Engineers, from October 16th to November 9th, was a semi-permanent structure, 332 ft high, 370 feet long, and classified as a two-way Class 40 or one-way Class 70 bridge. A million vehicles crossed it during the entire Italian campaign. Note 2: reportedly, opening slate refers to Major Linden Rigby, 196th Signal Photo Company, involved in the making of this film.)
British troops sail towards Salerno Beach in Salerno Italy. View of British troops and vehicles aboard a Land Ship Tank (LST). Soldiers observe the other ships in the flotilla from the deck side. Soldiers play cards relax and sit on bags. Several soldiers stand near the edge of the deck area. One soldier sits on a bag and pets a small dog. Army trucks in the background on deck. Soldiers sitting in a line (chow line) eat and afterwards drink from mugs. (World War II period).
British warships sailing towards Salerno Beach in Salerno Italy. Soldiers fire from anti-aircraft guns mounted on the deck sides. View of smoke rising from another ship, soldier talks over radio, and several army trucks parked on the Landing Ship Tank (LST). Troopships, assault boats, and Destroyers visible in the flotilla. Warships heading towards the Salerno harbor. A soldier with a bandaged hand drinks from a bottle. The LST captain looks through binoculars. Text LST-2 written on the bow of the ship. (World War II period).
British soldiers at the captured Montecorvino Airfield near Salerno, Italy. Two soldiers standby at antiaircraft artillery. One is looking through binoculars. Soldiers place a windsock on the ground. A British Spitfire plane lands on the airfield. Pilot gets down from cockpit. Italian officers demonstrate to British officers the disassembly of a German bomb. A man fuels the spitfire and it takes off again. (World War II period).
Lieutenant General George S. Patton addresses troops from an outdoor stage and then awards Silver Stars for gallantry to members of the U.S. Army 39th Infantry, 9th Division, in Capo Playa, near Cefalu, Italy. Patton awards the medals and then the soldiers form into groups from their respective home states, which include New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. The army band is seen standing near the soldiers. The soldiers parade in front of the officers. Awarded soldiers take off their helmets and pose for photographers. Close-ups of soldiers with medals while flags from the honor guard wave in background. (World War 2. WWII. WW2.)
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