Scenes from an airplane flying over the Abbey of Monte Cassino and the nearby town.There is no evidence of combat or significant damage until the end of the clip when smoke is seen rising from some sort of bombardment. (World War II period).
American infantry walking along a rocky mountain road, carrying their individual bedrolls. A local woman holding a small child, watches as they pass. Scenes of devastation near a body of water. Snow-covered mountains are visible in the background. Camera pans across the waterfront, showing debris everywhere. Destroyed structures. Some are simple dwellings. Others are remains of reinforced concrete structures. Two U.S. soldiers explore the top of a half submerged Sherman tank, at water’s edge. Their jeep is parked nearby. Another Sherman tank sits above water level, on a sand bar. Thousands of rounds of spent artillery shells are stacked, casually, in a field and partway up a hill. American soldiers gather informally,at side of a hill as one (likely an Army Chaplain) reads from a bible, as he leans over a fallen soldier, partially covered with a tarpaulin. A soldier looks at the Abbey of Monte Cassino through binoculars. Views of the town from overlooking mountain. Smoke rising from the castle and town as artillery shells strike. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Artillery and air bombardment by U.S.forces against German positions on Monte Cassino, and the Abbey above them. Smoke rises as shells strike. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, in World War 2. .A U.S. self-propelled gun crew member looks at written instructions. Crew loads and fires 105 mm Howitzer on Motor Carriage M7 from a position covered by camouflage netting. U.S. soldiers arm 105mm artillery shells in a munitions dump. Soldiers review written instructions.
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Aerial view of San Vittore to the west. U.S. troops walk along a mountain road, as an Italian woman, holding a small child, watches from the roadside. Views of the town and Abbey of Monte Cassino, from mountainside outlook. Aerial view of Abbey on mountaintop. M7 Priest SP firing 105mm howitzer from camouflaged position. U.S. troops escorting Italian prisoners of war (POWs). American soldier carries several artillery shells up a hill. Several Sherman tanks of the 756th Tank Battalion are parked in a quarry below him. (The quarry is on the Cassino - Caira Rd north of Cassino.} Group of Italian civilians walk past a line of Sherman tanks parked along the empty riverbed of the Rapido River. U.S. soldier observes the Abbey of Monte Cassino through binoculars. Two American soldiers climb aboard an M4 Sherman tank mired down in the mud.(It has been identified as tank number C-14 belonging to the 3rd Platoon of C Company, 756th Tank Battalion.) Their Jeep is parked beside it. U.S. soldiers dug in along a roadside. One soldier plays solitaire with cards. Two soldiers place several propaganda leaflets into artillery shells.
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, during WWII. Bombing of German positions below and around the Abbey of Monte Cassino, as viewed from nearby mountain vantage point. Succession of bombs bursting on the German positions. U.S. soldiers sort artillery shells in a munitions dump.
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