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Allied Forces invade Sicily during World War II
Allied Operation Husky in World War 2. Opening scene shows Allied ships in task force bound for the invasion of Sicily, Italy. Barrage balloons are seen in sky overhead. At first most of the ships seen are troop transports. Then a British Escort Cruiser is seen, followed by other British warships. The British Naval Ensign flying from the masthead of a warship. More views of battleships and destroyers. Aircraft carriers in line. View from ship in the task force as it passes island off Tunisia, and then passing Cape Bon, Sicily. A British destroyer pulls to the port side of the camera ship and transfers a person by bosun's chair. (Narrator calls him a "military expert.") Glimpses of life aboard the ships of the task force. Sailors swimming in a pool aboard deck. Others repairing shoes; washing items in small buckets; and reading "soldiers Guide to Sicily." Sailors use signal lamp to communicate with other ships. Sailors man and maneuver a multi barrel bofors anti-aircraft gun, on deck. Suddenly winds pick up and the seas become very rough. Next, the seas are seen very calm. Scene shifts to North African mainland, where several trucks full of British and American paratroopers move across the sand toward C-47 aircraft that will take them behind enemy lines in Sicily. C-47s are seen parked all over the area. Paratroopers don their chutes and battle gear as they prepare to board their aircraft. Closeup of a crew chief pulling propeller through on number one engine of a parked C-47 aircraft. British paratroopers assist one another with their gear. Officer makes final check of paratroopers under his command. Closeup of British paratroopers boarding their C-47 transport aircraft, and the plane taxiing in sand and taking off. Numerous C-47s taking off as daylight wanes. Allied warships bombarding the Sicilian shore in the nighttime. Troops engaged in amphibious assault on beaches of Sicily. Battle scenes showing black flak clouds in the sky and explosions near the assault and landing craft during the amphibious operations. Black smoke rising from Allied ships struck by bombs or shelling. A landing craft, filled with Canadian soldiers, leaves a transport ship headed for the beach. Other assault boats headed for the beach. Views from the Allied beachhead on Sicilian shore. British, Canadian and American troops making their way from landing craft to the shore, guided by ropes. The march along the shore. A British scout car arrives on the beach, followed by a truck. Then tanks come ashore from large landing craft. Some troops come ashore on a DUKW amphibian vehicle. Allied troops wade ashore and smile for the camera.
United States C-47 aircraft in flight to Sicily (WW2)
Several United States aircraft C-47 in flight to Sicily, Italy. Military transport C-47 aircraft in formation over water. Squadron of C-47 flies to Sicily for the Allied Invasion in World War II. Aerial view of land and beach below.
Allied military trucks and other vehicles drive from LST onto pontoon causeway to shore in Sicily.
Beachhead activities following Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy show LC (Landing Craft) at Sicily beach. Small group of German prisoners of war. Trucks and other vehicles drive from LST (Landing Ship, Tank) onto pontoon causeway. Half-tracks exit LST and drive along pontoon causeway to shore. LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) underway. (World War II period).
Wounded and dead U.S. sailors removed from gun turret of the USS Savannah (CL-42) which was hit by a German bomb in Salerno.
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from no.3 gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) with dead and wounded lying on the deck. A cruiser with dead and wounded U.S. sailors lying on the deck covered with blankets. A Tug (ATF) alongside the USS Savannah (CL-42). The dead are wrapped in blankets. The wounded are removed from gun turret on Savannah which was hit by a German bomb. An entrance to the gun turret. Damage control men with gas masks on, come out. (World War II period).
Wounded and dead U.S. sailors are removed from the gun turret of the USS Savannah (CL-42) and are loaded on an LCM in Salerno.
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from the gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. Several ships underway at a sea. The USS Savannah with hose laid out around the deck. Men fight fire on the turret which was hit by a German bomb. A sailor removes a blanket from the body of a dead sailor lying on the deck. Men work with dead and wounded on the deck. A wounded sailor on a stretcher is lifted over the side of the ship and is lowered on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Dead bodies on deck, some covered and some uncovered. Men carry another body in a blanket in background. Superstructure of Savannah. A DD (destroyer) at anchor in the harbor. (World War II period).
A Hospital Corpsman gives artificial respiration to a wounded sailor on the deck of the USS Savannah (CL-42), Salerno.
Treating wounded U.S. sailors on the deck of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. A Hospital Corpsman gives artificial respiration to a wounded sailor. Several other men help him. A wounded sailor on the deck. A corpsman comes over and loosens his belt, raises his eye lid and looks into his eyes. The turret section where a German bomb was dropped. 20 mm gun crews in background. The hole where bomb went in on top of the turret. A captain wearing a steel helmet. Men play hose on inside of turret. (World War II period).
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