Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. A United States Air Force (USAF) military truck loaded with emergency crewman backing out of parking position. A truck leaving the area. Men unloading a large dud shell out of the truck carefully using a chain and hoist. The dud is carefully laid to the pit. Men carefully place dud shell into the pit. Crewmen place a charge on top of the shell in the pit.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. A staff sergeant takes a phone call. Staff sergeant Irwin talking on the phone. An alert crew chatting and laughing in the background. The staff sergeant hollers at the crew. Crew enters their truck. Truck front end reads “Explosive Disposal”. The staff sergeant handles location and data to truck driver. Sergeant climbs aboard the truck. Man holds the location paper. Th truck reverses out of the parking position. Crewmen in truck. An airman speaks to an Okinawan guard about the shell. Both the airman and the Okinawan guard point to the position of the shell in the grassy field. The emergency crew arriving on truck to the scene. Okinawan guard standing on roadway watching. Crewmen remove the grass surrounding the shell. Truck back up to the shell.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team dispose shells and explosives into the ocean. Barge front gate lifting. A man closes the front gate on landing craft loaded with shells. Landing barge leaving shore. View of the barge as it travels out to sea. Water splashing on front of sailing landing barge. United States personnel on the barge are throwing shells and land mines overboard. Other men watch the personnel throwing shells. Shirtless personnel pick up a shell and throws it overboard. Men tossing shells and landmines into the water.
Challenges faced by the Allied Military Government while trying to reestablish Italian self reliance in agriculture during World War 2. Film opens showing Italian-sourced food supplies being delivered, as Narrator discusses problems of black market. He notes that Italian wheat growers who fail to declare excess grain are raided. Officials are seen entering and seizing grain from warehouse of such a grain merchant. Loaded trucks pass checkpoints set up on highways. View of official examining bill of laden from a truck being checked. Armed Italian Carabinieri ride on trucks of grain to prevent pilfering. Glimpse of AMG officials as narrator speaks of strict rationing system. Italians at a table, counting out ration coupons. Ceiling prices of all commodities seen posted at public places in Sicily. Sacks of seed potatoes being loaded from an AMG warehouse onto a horse-drawn cart that is then seen driving away, fully loaded. A boy on a farm unloades a sack of seed pototoes. Barefoot Italian women and girls planting the new crop. Fishing boats being readied to put out again. View from a fishing boat as men retrieve a large net filled with fish. An open air marketplace filled with Italian shoppers. A window sign announcing American bread. A woman shooing flies away from her open stall in the market as an old woman samples some of her wares.
A little girl dressed in white descends from a DC-6 passenger airplane operated by Linee Aeree Italiane. A dignitary also arrives with his wife. Airline passenger representative hastens up stairs to meet him and aircrew members escort him. A woman greets him with a kiss, while he is descending steps from the plane. He kisses a woman. He is warmly greeted by many people. Members of the press approach him and he is photographed as he walks.
Brenner Pass rail line smashed in September 2, 1943. Bomb group in flight. Official in bomber. Aerial view of Trento. Bombs dropped over Brenner Pass. Bombing over Brenner Pass in Bolzano. Bomb explosions. Smoke rises over target. (World War II period).
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