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Allied forces attack German-occupied Ortona, and San Pietro in Italy during World War II

Opening scene shows British artillerymen bombarding the Italian town of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, which is held by paratroops of the German 1st Parachute Division in World War 2. Closeups of British soldier operating 155mm gun. British officers planning the barrage. Battery of guns firing. View of shells striking Ortona, along the coastline. Heavy guns firing from under camouflage netting. Smoke rising from artillery strikes. Scene shifts to Allied occupied airfield in Foggia, on the coast, South of Ortona, where P-40 aircraft of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are preparing to fly in support of the Ortona offensive. (This U.S Army Air Forces unit is comprised entirely of African American pilots and support personnel including Tuskegee Airmen.) Closeups of airmen fueling and arming the aircraft, and of pilots gathered in a mission briefing. 99th Squadron aircraft taking off and departing overhead in formations. View from the British artillery position of numerous bombs bursting on Ortona. Film shifts to the Central Front in Italy where U.S. forces are engaged in the Battle of San Pietro. Views of American artillery bombarding German positions in San Pietro. Closeups of numerous U.S. guns being fired. An ejected shell flies through the air from a U.S. Sherman tank during the bombardment. Views of U.S. troops passing a Sherman tank as they enter San Pietro and begin searching for booby traps in the wreckage of the town. Closeup of a soldier dismantling a booby trap. German aircraft sweep overhead and bomb the town. American soldiers dig out a buddy who was buried by a bomb burst, but rescued unhurt. He smiles for the camera. Casualties of the fighting, including many civilians are carried on stretchers and assisted. Local residents are seen grieving over fallen relatives and friends. Groups of townspeople stand along a hillside and watch as Italian soldiers join with the Allies in the fighting. Jeeps are seen navigating the muddy mountain trails as far as possible. Then further movement requires the use of mules. Troops are seen with mule trains. Soldiers shoulder heavy ammunition crates and slog uphill with them over a muddy mountain trail.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043438
Women railroad workers check and collect tickets at railway station in Italy during World War 2.

Role of women railroad workers in Italy during World War 2. Women railroad workers collect tickets at a railway station in Italy. Travelers hand over tickets to women and walk in line. Railroad women conductors get onto train. The train moves from the station. Woman collects tickets inside the train.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675043452
Visitors visit Military museum in Milan, Italy.

Military museum in Milan, Italy. Portraits of Army personnel, uniforms, badges, maps and equipment exhibited inside the military museum. Visitors look at photographs inside the museum. They look at an album with pictures of various officers. Newspaper clippings hung on wall.

Location: Milan Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675043453
Destroyed building of Cologne Cathedral after Allied bombing in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

Aftermath of Allied bombing at Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) in Cologne, Germany. Germans try to extinguish fire at the Cathedral. Rumble in debris lying all around. Paintings and statues damaged. Broken ceiling. Heap of debris inside the Cologne Cathedral. (World War II period).

Location: Cologne Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675043454
Italian troops throw hand grenades at tanks during live fire exercises in Italy, during World War Ii.

Italian propaganda film displaying prowess of Italian infantry against tanks, in live fire exercise, during World War 2. Camouflaged Italian troops in a field. Italian soldier emerges out of foxhole. View of narrow deep foxhole that can allow tank to pass overhead. Tanks approach the area. Camouflaged Italian troops throw hand grenades at tanks, from their foxholes. Explosions on sides of tanks. Italian soldier jumps on a tank and sabotages it from outside. The tanks's tread becomes separated. Tanks move through mined fields. Italian troops run towards tanks throwing hand grenades.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675043456
The British 8th Army under General Montgomery and Air Marshal Cunningham prepares for battle in Libya, Egypt.

The British 8th Army prepares for 7th battle of Libya in the sands of Egypt. General Montgomery and Air Marshal Cunningham in Egypt. Troops unload supplies from trucks. Soldiers load, fire machine guns and tanks. Fleet of United States aircraft take off from open ground. Soldiers drop bombs over enemy targets. Explosions on the ground. Troops advance with tanks. German prisoners held. Dead soldiers. (World War II period).

Location: Libya
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043457
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