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U.S. Army Air Corps 57th Fighter Group builds officer's club at Alto Air Base, Corsica, during World War Ii.

Activity at Alto Airbase, Corsica, during World War 2. Man with flight report standing by tent. Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Jr. of the 65th Fighter Squadron, standing on newly constructed floor, observes activity during construction of an Officers club. Two men are sawing wood. Others are nailing roof rafters in place. Flyers taking a break on raft supported by 55gallon drums, at beach area of Alto Air Base. They push one another into water and have fun on the raft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051899
U.S. Army Air Corps 57th Fighter Group P-47 aircraft perform variety of flight maneuvers during World War II

Three P-47s of the U.S. Army Air Corps 66th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, raise dust as they take off from Alto Air Base in Corsica,France, during World War 2. Pilot seen in bubble canopy of late model P-47D, named "Halliburtons Hellion" of the 64th Fighter Squadron, during flight over water. Flights of P-47s in formation maneuvers. A Squadron of P-47s in formation overhead. One P-47 dives. View over P-47 in flight over hilly terrain in Italy. View from a P-47 flying very low over some people with a small truck, examining destroyed vehicles and equipment on the ground

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051900
Bombed bridges, wrecked train and rubble in Italy during World War II

Ruins at a port town of Italy during World War2. Aerial views of bombed bridges as seen from a low flying plane. Wrecked railroad train and cut rails. Wrecked bridge. Civilians walking on streets in a wrecked port town with rubble from bombing visible. Civilians in street.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051901
Wrecked buildings and rubble strewn streets at a port town in Italy during World War II

Scenes of destruction in Italy, during World War 2. Partially obscured by foliage, a ship is seen, anchored in cove on Italian shore of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Wrecked buildings at the shore. A destroyer (probably British) seen briefly offshore . An old woman. Refugees at side of road near a Bailey bridge over the Garigliano river. Sign reads: "Kimble Bridge." Woman with baby. Vehicles pass over the bridge. Civilians walk in streets. Horse-drawn cart passes. A young boy takes the hand of a little girl, as they walk through rubble strewn street and he guides her as they skirt around a skeleton in the rubble. Military tent set up with mosquito netting. ( Note: the area shown is likely in the vicinity of Monturno, near where the Garigliano river empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea. As part of the heavily defended German Gustav Line, this area suffered great destruction during World War 2.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051902
Recreational activities of U.S. airmen at Alto Air Base, Corsica.

Aircraft P-47s take off from Alto Air Base. Jeep loaded with men pulls away. Morning activities of airmen before mission. Men bathe in outdoor shower and get ready. A man gets hair cut. Sign reads 'Jerry's Clip Joint'. Man reads. Men on trailer truck. Men sing and dance. Men build clubhouses. A canal. Men on raft in water. Men go into sea at beach. Men sail in small boats. Men drink and fall in water. Men play outside a building. Men lie down at beach. A man sleeps. Man feeds puppies.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051968
P-47s return to Alto Air Base, Corsica, after a mission.

Formation of P-47s from the 66th Fighter Squadron heading out on a mission. Formation of P-47s from the 65th Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, returning from a mission, with one aircraft missing. The returning formation passes over several allied airfields and arrives over Alto Air Base in Corsica. Three flights of the P-47s do peel ups and execute 360 overhead landings, successively. Ground crews watch the returning aircraft as they work around P-47s parked at the Base. One P-47 makes a rough landing. Lieutenant Colonel G.O. Wymond examines Flak damage to fuselage and wing of his Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback Serial 42-27910, "Hun Hunter XIV." After post-mission debriefing by intelligence officers, pilots take a break and enjoy donuts and coffee. Red Cross truck , with woman volunteer, seen behind the pilots. Lieutenant Colonel Wymond signs a "missing in action" report. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051969