U.S. Fifth Army artillery shells the town of Cassino, Italy during World War II. Benedictine Monastery in Cassino. Smoke rises from the bomb damaged town. A pamphlet signed by U.S. 5th Army tells the Italian people to evacuate the area. Soldiers load pamphlets into shells. Camouflaged artillery is being fired.
Allied troops in Cassino, Italy during World War II. British tanks and vehicles travel over dusty road. French and U.S. soldiers set up French artillery piece. German prisoners are marched along road by U.S. and French soldiers. Young German prisoners standing around.
Evacuation of U.S. Army Air Force crew members at a camp site in a Burmese jungle during World War II. Soldiers run towards a wrecked U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain airplane on a field. An injured crewman lies on a stretcher beside the wrecked C-47. The injured is loaded aboard a light airplane and is evacuated. The airplane takes off. A soldier makes out a tag for another wounded crewman who is loaded aboard a light airplane. The light airplane taxis and takes off from a jungle airstrip.
A training film based on oceanographic study showing Atlantis-11 ship going underway in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. flag flies from stern of a Coast Guard ship which is secured to dock. Many craft tied up in the background. Two technicians look over an item on electronic panel. Laboratory technician performs oxygen analysis. Small flask is partly filled with liquid from a glass tube on a bench. Crowd on dock area and aboard U.S. navy oceanographic research ship Atlantis 11. Brow pulled inboard on Atlantis 11 from dock. Two men on fantail of ship on right and crewmen on forecastle of cutter in left. Atlantis 11 pulls away from crowded dock. Crowd on dock waving. Atlantis 11 underway in mid-stream.
A film based on ASR (Air Sea Rescue) by U.S. 8th Air Forces in European Theater during World War II. Formation of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight over Nazi German targets in Europe. Bombardier aboard B-17 sights target through Norden bomb sight. Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over targets. Smoke and flame billows up from explosions. More scenes of bombs being dropped from Allied aircraft and hitting targets below during a day time bombing mission. B-17s face attack from Nazi Luftwaffe fighter aircraft. Air to air combat and dogfight scenes. Gunners aboard B-17 firing at Nazi fighters. A B-17 with a damaged tail. A B-17 on fire goes down. Pilot of the same B-17 gives emergency signal. Crash landing of B-17 on water shows crew members preparing to ditch the B-17 at sea. Crew members on raft and aboard a boat heads for English coast. Door sign reads 'Air Sea Rescue Control Room'. Interior of room shows an officer plotting and planning the timings and air route the bomber squadron must follow from and to target area during the mission. Air Sea Rescue Liaison Sergeant of U.S. army talks over phone and alerts British Royal Navy officer. British Navy officer calls up an officer at the RAF (Royal Air Force) high speech launch base and assigns patrol areas. Royal Navy patrol boats head for assigned areas. Emergency rescue squadron is alerted by an officer. Pilots of rescue aircraft prepare to board P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. View of inflatable rafts and smoke floats carried on theThunderbolts.Flying boat PBY Catalina warms up on runway.
U.S. 5307th Composite Unit en route to Burma. U.S. 1st Battalion near Hell's Gate lead pack mules over the Ledo Road. Soldiers pass a sign board which reads: 'God be with you', 'Welcome to Borderville' and 'Pangsau pass'. Brigadier General Frank Merrill watches the troops crossing into Burma.
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