Mount Vesuvius erupts in Naples, Italy. Clouds of smoke arise from the Mountain. Barrage balloons fly in the foreground. Scene from the city of Naples. Lava dust clouds blow from the Mountain.
Mount Vesuvius erupts in Naples, Italy. Clouds of smoke arise from the Mountain. Scene from the city of Naples. Barrage balloons fly in the foreground. Buildings and houses in the foreground. Lava dust clouds blench from the Mountain.
The Allied Campaign in Italy during World War II. United States 5th Army enters Naples on 1st October, 1943. People welcome the army. Women wave the American flag from a balcony of a building. A sunken ship in a harbor. Italian civilians return to their homes in Naples. A farm house damaged by the Germans. Men remove debris and dead bodies. A dead child. Dead bodies lying on ground. Men cover the dead with a sheet.
A film titled 'Soft Tissue Wounds' shows U.S. soldiers being hit by shell fragments and their recovery after surgery in Naples during World War II. Bombs stacked on a field. U.S. sailors work around. A battleship's gun firing salvo. Fragments are removed by surgery from battle casualties. Reports of four cases handled in the Italian campaign of January 1944. The first case shows a soldier hit by a shell fragment. U.S. troops carry the soldier hit by the shell fragment in Italy. A truck moves ahead on a road. Wounded being carried into an evacuation hospital tent. A wound just below the buttock of a soldier. Primary infusion is given to the patient. The bleeding is controlled. The wound is dusted. Dressing completes an operation. The healing of the wound after a few weeks of the operation. The patient walks after healing. A U.S. soldier shows a scar under scapula. A U.S. LST (Landing Ship Tank) fires towards Anzio Harbor. [Note: script refers to British Hospital Carrier Leinster (#37) although footage appears to be of (British) Hospital Ship St. David (#27), later sunk by the Germans at Anzio in January, 1944]. A wounded soldier is carried on a stretcher aboard the hospital ship. Surgery is performed on the wounded soldier. The soldier on a bed after the operation. A ship underway at sea. A Red Cross ambulance and a truck transport the wounded soldiers to a hospital in Naples. The wound after one week of injury. The wound margins are refreshed. The wound edges are stitched. Removal of stitches after eight days. The soldier smokes a cigarette after recovering.
The American battleship, USS Arkansas (BB-33) underway off the coast of Naples, Italy. She is greeted by the Amerigo Vespucci, a full rigged three-masted sailing vessel used for training by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare). As the ship's pass each other, the crew of cadets aboard the Italian ship can be seen assembled in formations aloft amongst the sails. The crew of the Arkansas stands on her deck. Later, Italian Crown Prince Humbert (Umberto, Prince of Piedmont) boards the Arkansas to welcome her to Naples. An honor guard of U.S. Marines stands in formation. The Prince personally greets the Arkansas's officers.
Many cars parked at curb, Italian workers demonstrate at side of sidewalk, lined up, in front of the United States Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Naples, Italy. Cars are parked on the side of the road. Some men are crossing the street. A group of Italian police, with five Carabinieri and two regular Naples city policemen, chatting in group across from demonstrators. Demonstrators sitting on stone wall. in front of demonstrators, they are demanding pay raise. Two men holding a sign in Italian and English “Basta con le promesse!! No More Promises!”. Men and women are among the demonstrators standing by car. A sign reads "The American Scabs are Occupying Italian Jobs" in both English and Italians. Another sign reads, "Navy Exchange Personnel Claim Their Rights." Demonstrators clustered in group holding their signs.