Wrecked German and Italian aircraft in Sicily after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. U.S. soldier examines the wreckage of German plane near a hangar. Wrecked Italian Macchi C202 fighter aircraft on an airfield. Soldier removes machine gun belt from a fighter aircraft. Soldier inspects a Nazi German aircraft inside the hangar. The aircraft has noseart depicting Mickey Mouse holding an axe overhead while riding atop a bomb. Soldier looks at other aircraft parked inside the hangar.
Ruins after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group in Sicily during World War II. Smoke rises from dockside in a town. Damaged building with 'DUCE' sign. Debris at the harbor area. U.S. jeeps move past a large building. U.S. soldiers examine vehicles parked along a roadside. British flag flies at the entrance of a large building.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings of World War II. Wrecked boats and a sunken ship at a beach in Sicily. Italian kids walk through debris on a beach. Men examine a large wrecked boat. Italian boys in a wrecked boat. Boys swim.
U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.
U.S. 1st Division soldiers in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War 2. A soldier examines an Italian gun. U.S. gun crew loads a 155mm howitzer under a camouflage net.
Nichols Field, Philippines, prior to World War II in the Pacific. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked with engine running. Pilots of the U.S. Army 17th Pursuit Squadron pose on and around a P-35 airplane. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands and parks. U.S. Army airmen walking around and examining the parked B-17. The number 21 and 5B painted on the tail of the B-17.
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