A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.
A film titled 'DUKW: the sea going truck' on working and general features of DUKWs. Soldiers at a beach in the United States. Cargo and equipment stacked on the beach. A landing craft and a DUKW underway at sea. A truck moves along the beach. Men learn to operate DUKWs at a training school. They learn how to drive it on land. Men seated in DUKWs and operating them. The DUKWs moving along a street. A man comes out of a DUKW. He works on a tire and boards again. The DUKW moves. DUKWs moving along an area. Men shovel mud on a beach. A man comes out of a DUKW. Men standing behind the DUKW shovel mud. The importance of proper tire pressure for roads and beaches is emphasized. A bogged-down DUKW winches itself free. (World War II period).
A film on workings and general features of amphibious trucks DUKWs. A DUKW moves along a field in the United States. Tire pressure must be adjusted to get maximum speed and prevent damage to the tire. The DUKW moves along a street. A man comes out of the DUKW and checks the tires. He boards again and the DUKW moves.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs in the United States. Precautions must be taken before a DUKW enters water. Tire pressure should be checked and hatches and other things should also be checked. Men aboard a DUKW. They don life jackets. The propeller of the DUKW. The truck enters water and moves. Men work on the truck. A cable is tied on the bow of the DUKW.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Men aboard DUKWs underway at sea in the United States. They learn about navigation. Men discuss the course undertaken by the DUKWs. They don life preserver jackets. They head in for a landing. Traffic rules should be followed while driving a DUKW. The DUKWs move along a beach. They move in water. An officer addresses men at a beach. The men at work. They clean the DUKW. Lubrication is checked and rechecked.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. Soldiers aboard a DUKW underway at a sea in the United States. A ship underway in the foreground. Cargo handling aboard a DUKW. Cargo from a freighter is unloaded by A-frame and hog troughs. Cargo is unloaded from the ship onto the DUKW. The DUKW underway with the cargo. The amphibious truck beaches and moves across a wooded area. A man signals. Unloading activities being undertaken. A DUKW underway at sea near a ship. A truck moves along a field. Men stand nearby. (World War II period).
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