Several P-51s parked on marsden matting pierced steel ramp at Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli, Italy, during World War 2. Several African American pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen), climb out of their P-51s and gather with their Commanding Officer, Andrew D. Turner, in front of his airplane named: "Skipper's Darlin," to discuss their completed flight. The pilots are: Dempsey W. Morgan Jr.; Carrol S. Wood; Robert H. Nelson Jr.; Andrew D. Turner ; and Clarence D. Lester. Separate sequence shows P-51s, of the 100th Squadron, taxiing across the marsden matting surface of the airfield with crew chiefs sitting on their wings. (One is Captain Turner's "Skipper's Darlin.") Distinctive Red Tail seen on P-51 aircraft.
Preparations for naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War 2. Italian fighter Reggiane Re 2000 Falco aircraft taxi on an airfield. Bombs on the airfield. Italian ground crew place a camera in the wing of a Navy S79 trimotor bomber, that then taxis and takes off from airfield at Trapani. Italian crews board MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) at a Sicilian harbor. The MASs pull away from the harbor. Crew members aboard the MASs heading out to attack British convoys in the Strait of Sicily. An Italian submarine submerging.
Liberation of Rome from German control during World War II. United States, British and Italian flags flutter in wind on a building in Rome, Italy. United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark, Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, General Lucian King Truscott and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys and French Army General Alphonse Pierre Juin. A military band plays during the welcoming ceremony of American troops. A large crowd of civilians gathered to cheer the troops. Buildings on either side of a street. A bell rings at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd in the Vatican City.
In Venice, Italy, point of view shots from a moving gondola as it travels along the canals of the city. Views of other gondolas and the men operating them (gondoliers). Bridges, buildings, and other gondolas and boats seen from the water. Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge) seen from the canal. (Amateur home movie.)
American troops move along streets of Rome cheered by Italian civilians after Liberation of Rome during World War II. Saint Peter’s Basilica as seen from the Via della Conciliazione. Italian carabinieri pass by on bridge. A speaker speaks to crowd at Piazza Venezia (Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). He is joined later by another man. Cheering Italians. Italian girl kisses and embraces an American soldier.
Aerial views of Pontecorvo, Italy during World War II. Aerial views of Pontecorvo village from a U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. Mountains in the background.
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