Aftermath of Allied bombing over Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Damaged buildings along a water front. Soldiers push an artillery piece. A barbed wire fence in the foreground and buildings in the background. A jeep drives past bombed buildings.
United States Army General George S. Patton Jr. examines a field map with other army officers under a camouflaged netting during the Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. General Patton points to map while military officers listen. Hundreds of Italian prisoners-of-war, holding white flags, march through the devastated streets of Messina, Sicily. A United States military jeep drives on the road near prisoners. General George S. Patton is smiling with other military officials. General George S. Patton, Major General Lucian K. Truscott, and General Hobart S. Gay in conversation beside a military jeep in Palermo. General George S. Patton, while seated in the passenger seat of jeep, talks to an officer. A United States Army cameraman is shooting smoke and flames from trees behind a wall. Smoke in nearby building.
General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo in Sicily and meets with Catholic Church Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working and using dynamite charges in mountain side to more quickly build a road bed for advancing supplies. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured Italian soldiers and Italian officers are marched as prisoners of war in Sicily.
A film on the campaign of Allied forces in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Soldiers move along an area aboard a tank. Debris on a beach near Gela. Soldiers march. Animated map shows invaded areas. Masses of Italian prisoner of war. Soldiers aboard vehicles moving along a street. A crowd greets them and cheers. Aerial view of the city. Soldiers and officers gather. The surrender of the Italian forces. Allied antiaircraft guns mistakenly downs friendly transport airplanes near Gela. A ship convoy underway. The 3rd Division enters Palermo harbor area. Dead bodies in the area. Italian prisoners of war repair roads. Debris in Palermo harbor. A smoke screen shields the harbor. Allied and Axis wounded are evacuated. Soldiers advance along a town. Houses along street sides.
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.
Lt Colonel John T Whitaker speaks before a map on OSS morale operations in Italy. The map points Palermo, Sicily, Tunis, Bizerte and other places. Colonel outlines OSS propaganda and psychological warfare operations during the allied invasions of Sicily and Italy proper. He explains leaflets techniques and rumor spreading by OSS infiltration teams and the use of clandestine radios. Airplanes in flight drop leaflets. People walk. A man reads a leaflet. (World War II period).
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