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Demolished buildings and harbor in Naples, Italy (WW2)

Ruins in Naples, Italy. Arrow sign of Naples. U.S. personnel in army jeep outside a building. Pedestrians along a street. Demolished buildings and bomb destruction from World War II bombing. View of Castel Nuovo or Maschio Angioino (Via Vittorio Emanuele III, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy). Traffic on road and a building in background. View of Naples harbor. View of the Egg Castle or Castel dell'Ovo (Via Eldorado, 3, 80132 Napoli NA, Italy). A ship underway in sea. Mountains behind shoreline.

Date: 1944, February 21
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053183
Re-enactment of British forces occupying the town of Monte Cassino, Italy, in World War II

Montage of scenes recorded after the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War 2. Opening scene shows New Zealand 19th RHQ tank in Mignano Montelungo, as the 24th New Zealand Battalion re-enacts its entry into the ruins of Monte Cassino, on March 26, 1944. In this restaging, 24th Battalion infantrymen are shown moving through rubble of destroyed town, firing small arms and one throwing a hand grenade. Narrator identifies "Hangman's Hill," (which was held by the 1st battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles) at Monte Cassino. In this restaging , New Zealanders, scramble over rubble, and dig out a "wounded" comrade, while explosions occur in background. Medics "attend" to him. Other NZ troops fire small arms from behind rubble barriers. A huge explosion occurs in background. A British artillery piece (obscured by debris) fires rounds. Infantrymen fire small arms. A camouflaged British tank fires its gun. In change of scene, other British troops advance cautiously near a damaged building and take several German soldiers prisoner. View of the destroyed Monte Cassino monastery and castle on Castle Heights. Ruins of building adjacent to the "Hotel Excelsior,"below the castle. Several medics with Red Cross flag in distant rubble. Views from destroyed Monastery atop the mountain. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058848
Damaged La Scala Opera House and cathedrals in Milan, Italy during World War II.

The aftermath of Allied bombing in Milan, Italy during World War II. Italians walking around damaged buildings and rubble on the ground after heavy bombing. Damaged La Scala Opera House (Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) after the bombings. Interiors of the opera showing its damaged dome. Damage sustained in the Palazzo Marino (Piazza della Scala, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy), near the La Scala Opera House. A statue of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni (Piazza S. Fedele, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) still stands among the rubble of the surroundings. Behind the statue is the Church of Saint Fidelis (Piazza S. Fedele, 4, 20121 Milano MI, Italy). Damaged glass dome of the famous shopping mall Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (P.za del Duomo, 20123 Milano MI, Italy). Italian men walking in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II after bombing. Exteriors of the Ospedale Maggiore (now known as the Policlinico di Milano Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) after bombings. Corridors of a building with rubble spread all over. Cars and pedestrians on a street and damaged buildings in the background. The neighborhood of San Babila with significant damage. Basilica di San Babila exteriors after bombing. Damaged exterior of the famous Duomo Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy). Rose windows of the Duomo Cathedral. Damaged body of a naked statue. People close the doors of the Duomo Cathedral.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675066917
Italy surrenders; people celebrate as they raise toasts and gather in the streets (WW2)

Italy surrenders during World War II. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower salutes after Italy signs an armistice and surrenders during the war. A sign on the ground reads ' Vivailre'. Large airfield filled with parked Italian fighter aircraft lined up. Wall graffiti depicts Mussolini wearing a helmet and the word “DUCE” below. Troops march and a poster of Benito Mussolini. People make hits at the poster after the Italian defeat. People gathered in the streets. Women read a newspaper with the headline ' Italy surrenders '. People celebrate the Italian surrender. Women holding the flags of the United States and Italy cheering from a balcony. A group of Italians drinking as they celebrate Italy’s surrender. They raise a toast during celebrations.

Date: 1943, September 9
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059041
German Wehrmacht tanks and motorized units arrive and welcomed in Italy (WW2)

German Wehrmacht motorized units arrive in Italy during World War 2. German soldiers in motorcycles with sidecars (BMW R75) and other vehicles moving through an Austria town, passing by a Gasthof (German-style inn). A tracked vehicle moves. Road sign reads “Brenner Stubaital”. German motorized units pass through a bridge near the Brenner Pass, the border between Austria and Italy. Railroad train flat cars loaded with German tanks and soldiers move slowly past a railway station as they proceed to Italy. German soldiers on top of a tank moving through the Brenner Pass. German tanks entering Italy. German soldiers riding a motorcycle in the Brenner Pass. A military vehicle carries German soldiers to the Italian border. An Italian Carabinieri (gendarme) stands in between a “Deutsches Reich” stone post and a border sign “A.A.S.S. ITALIA”. A German boy with goggles rides on a Volkswagen Kübelwagen with soldiers. Another boy with German soldiers. A German soldier smokes cigarette while driving a BMW R75 in Italy. An Italian woman blows a kiss to passing German troops. Italian woman tosses and distributes bread for German soldiers. Italian men and women give bread to German soldiers. An Italian woman express happiness upon the arrival of German troops. A little girl gives bread to German soldiers. Italian townspeople welcome German troops near the Brenner Pass. German soldiers eat bread. German troops drink refreshments. Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 halftrack pass by a tunnel. German tanks such as the Panzer IV pass through the Brenner Pass.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079477
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy reviews American and Italian troops at an Aviation Field in Italy (WWI)

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy reviews American and Italian troops at an aircraft air field in Italy during World War I. King Victor Emmanuel III shakes hand with officers present. Officer salutes him. He turns to review the World War 1 troops assembled.

Date: 1917
Duration: 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035183