The Map of Italy shows blockage of railway line in Italy as a part of Operation Strangle. Aircraft P-47 in flight over Italian farm countries strafes railroad, trains and trucks on road. Explosions on the ground. P-47 fires rockets on ground targets. Pilot in P-47. Group of P-47 in flight overhead. Smoke rises from burning P-47 in fields. Men watch while it burns. Dead pilot taken on stretcher. P-47s in flight over Italy. P-47 strafing vehicles on road. The Map of Italy shows the United States armies stationed at Anzio and Cassino. The U.S. troops, tanks and other vehicles arrive in Rome. Civilians in streets and buildings. Destroyed and wrecked enemy equipment and vehicles in town. U.S. soldiers move ahead on road in jeep. Wrecked German trains. U.S. troops advance and pass by wrecked bridges. Ruins of bridges after attack by P-47s under Operation Strangle. Wrecked German vehicles and dead men. P-47s in flight. Man on look out post at Alto Air Base. Men drink and sing at clubhouse in Alto Air Base. (World War II period).
Flight test footage of the D'Ascanio D'AT3 Italian helicopter in North Ciampino near Rome Italy. Helicopter designed by Corradino D'Ascanio is seen with two 13 meter counter-rotating coaxial rotors. DAT3 lifts off and hovers above the ground, performing maneuvers, piloted by Marinello Nelli.
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Kurt Schuschnigg hold talks in Florence, Italy. Mussolini in a pilot suit shakes hands with Austrian Premier Kurt Schuschnigg as other officials stand in the background. The officials salute Mussolini as he leaves after the talks. Mussolini dons flight gear and boards an aircraft. Schuschnigg smiles. The aircraft taxis along a field and takes off for Rome.
Allied aircraft parked at North African airbases. The British and American crews study charts and maps of Rome and mark bombing locations. Pilots and navigators board the planes. Bomber aircraft in flight. Railroad yards in Rome bombed with pinpoint precision by Allied bomber planes in broad daylight. Targets included the San Lorenzo freight yard and steel factory, the "Scalo del Littorio" on the north side of Rome, and the Ciampino airport.
Petroleum storage facilities in Italy. Next, a remote-controlled arm withdraws a hot steel ingot from a furnace in a steel mill. Italian men in the mill operate levers, and a container of molten steel moves along by overhead crane and then pours contents into another container. Two steam locomotives move an open flat car containing a huge precast concrete structure. Other precast concrete structures are seen beside the railroad tracks. A harbor formed, by huge concrete rip rap precast concrete structures, is seen with a road upon it and a protected harbor with boats in it. Men work with shovels to ensure smooth movement of coal being discharged from an ore carrier. A large bulldozer drives out of a factory and is parked alongside a long line of them. Views of ships being built in the port of Genoa. Two new ships under construction anchored with huge mounds of ore piled up behind them. Workmen assembling large storage bins. Large buildings under construction surrounded by scaffolding. Views of new modern looking apartment houses (Palazzine) and commercial structures. Roma Termini train station (Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, 00185 Rome, RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. A Tabaccheria and Cartoleria shop signs behind an Il Paese newsstand. Man buys newspaper from newsstand. Man reads Italian newspaper. Italian politicians addressing huge crowds in front of the Duomo Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in Milan. Italian men browsing books inside a bookshop. Italian books for sale. A man smiles with painting behind him. A man smokes cigarette on top of a roof. Poster advertising a new Italian movie called (in English) The Way of Hope (Il Camino della Speranza). Actress Elena Varzi, who stars in the film, is seen talking with two men on steps beside a building. She chases some pigeons from the steps with annoyance. Views of movie making in Italy. A director on a film set adjusts the hat on an actor who is wearing a historic military uniform. Famous Italian movie director Vittorio De Sica looks at a strip of film. A movie called "Anna," is advertised on the side of a panel truck. Traffic of trucks, cars, motor scooters, bicycles and trams, cross a bridge.
United States soldiers on jeeps in Rome in Italy. Smoke seen in the background. Signboard reads 'Rome'. General Mark Wayne Clark and General Lucian Truscott in a jeep lead files of troops through ruins of Rome. The civilians cheer the U.S. Troops. (World War II period).
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