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.
German and Italian prisoners of war (POW), captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack at Cisterna, Italy, in World War II, are seen gathered in a compound with a bomb-damaged building in the background. An American guard holding a rifle escorts more prisoners along a highway towards the compound. Prisoners in both shots appear fatigued, some showing visible injuries with leg, arm, and head bandages. In a final scene, two seated prisoners rest; one has an injured leg and smokes a cigarette.
Camera man slate indicates location is near Mussolini Canal. Past a tree line and ruined building, distant explosions cause smoke to rise. In the next shot, a steady line of German prisoners of war (POW) march toward the camera, many with hands behind their backs, captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack in Italy, World War II. FSSF soldiers march alongside the prisoners, holding rifles ready. A smaller group of prisoners, all with their hands on their heads, march past armed FSSF soldiers and a tank. In the next scene, FSSF soldiers march away from the camera, passing a knocked-out U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank. Later, a group of soldiers inspects three knocked-out Panzer IV tanks on the side of the road. Some soldiers are seen using shovels at the edge of the road. The final shot zooms in on a destroyed German Panzer IV tank.
Berlin: Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini of Italy confer in Berlin. Both leaders enter a building followed by officers. A soldier gives a Nazi salute. Officers confer in a room. Italy: Mussolini, accompanied by German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Commander Rodolfo Graziani, inspects new Italian Division. He talks to the soldiers. Soldiers set up equipment for display. Mussolini inspects equipment. Soldiers cheer as the official motorcade leaves. (World War II period).
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