United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) returns POWs (Prisoner Of War) to Naples, Italy after World War II. USS Wasp underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The hangar deck is used as a movie hall. View of crew members seated in hall to watch a movie. Corner of motion picture screen in foreground. Next scene shows a catholic religious service on the ship. A view of the choir and altar during service. Audience seated during the service. A nude painting is being presented to the Executive Officer of USS Wasp Commander Joseph C (Jumping Joe) Clifton. The men seated on chairs. Men laugh as the painting is being presented. Commander Clifton speaks on the podium.
USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, carrying Italian POWs (Prisoner Of War) being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Captain Wendell G. (Windy) Switzer walks around the corner of a wheelhouse. He observes through binoculars and then takes a bearing. (This sequence is repeated three times in separate takes.) He is seen inside the cabin.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. POWs (Prisoner Of War) are being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Men lay on bunk beds. A man sits on a bed. Several men read and stand near the bunk beds. Barbers cut hair of men on the deck. A group of POWs stand in the background.
An aerial view of the cities and villages of Normandy in France soon after the D-Day invasion of World War 2, but after Allied forces had moved further east toward Germany. German installations are bombed and strafed. Allied troops fire artillery. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers walk in a street. Rubble on the street. An allied aircraft in flight. Smoke rises up as the German installations are bombed. Street fighting in Normandy. Nazi soldiers surrender after street fighting in Cherbourg. Buildings in the background. German prisoners are marched. Wounded soldiers. Civilians gather as a United States flag is raised in Cherbourg. Civilians cheer as the Germans are defeated. A man gives a speech. (World War II period).
Allied Forces Red Ball Convoy in Chartres, France. A sign reads 'Stop, Army Ammunition Depot'. Men stand near the sign. Convoy supply trucks parked along a road. United States African American troops unload and stock ammunition at a dump near Lachapele. The ammunition is kept on fields. 105 mm shells in a stockpile. 75 mm cartridge cases are stacked in a depot. German prisoners unload and stock ammunition at the dump near Lachapele. (World War II period).
U.S. troops of 4th Infantry Division in France. The troops walk along a road. Trees in the background. A squad walks at the side of a road. Two German prisoners with hands on heads walk behind. A soldier guards them. Soldiers walk through a rubbled village. They pass a road sign. The sign reads 'Cherence le Roussel'. Soldiers move through the streets. Houses in the background. A soldier ties a handkerchief on the end of a stick to mark the location of a mine. The squad walks cautiously through the village. They check buildings and look for snipers. A soldier walks along a street and talks on a walkie-talkie. A soldier reads a paper. Soldiers near a building. ' Cherence le Roussel, Mairie' written on the building. (World War II period).
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