Allies amass war supplies in Italy for drive on Rome. The Port of Naples, Italy. Tanks, guns and other war material is unloaded from the ships. The soldiers of the U.S. 5th Army help to unload and arrange the supplies.
Sicily and Italy invaded by Allies. Allied troops land in beach of Sicily in 1943. Airplanes drop paratroopers over Sicily. Benito Mussolini ousted in Rome. U.S. battleship at the sea. American troops advance. Italy invaded by Allied forces during World War II. Soldiers riding Jeeps. American warships underway at the sea. General Eisenhower and British officials aboard a ship. Convoy in the sea. The Italian fleet surrenders to General Eisenhower. Italian crowd greets American troops in Naples, Southern Italy.
Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.
Opening scene shows some Italian statesmen and naval officers boarding the Italian royal yacht Trinacria, anchored in the harbor, at Gaeta, Italy. Next, British King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and daughter, Princess Victoria, are seen posing on the Trinacria's deck, with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, who is engaged in conversation with the British monarch. Princess Victoria is the center of attention of a group of Italian naval officers. King Edward VII lights a cigarette, throws his match overboard, and smokes while the group continues posing for pictures. He shakes hands with an elder Italian statesman. The two kings converse and Victor Emmanuel III speaks to one of his officials, as Edward VII continues to meet members of the Italian party. (Reportedly, lunch was served in the saloon of the Trinacria, after which King Edward,Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria returned to the British Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert III, and sailed to Naples.)
Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.
Naples after the Fifth Army enters, Italy during World War II. Workers load material into a two and half ton DUKW amphibious vehicle alongside a supply ship. Worker himself climbs the hoist and drops into DUKW along with material. A DUKW drives away and another replaces it. Crowd of civilians lined near a truck for ration and food distribution. Old and young men in line wait for their chance.
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