First Meeting between British 8th Army and the American 5th Army, 35 miles south of Salerno, on a high mountain road near Agropoli, during World War 2. PR officer from the London Irish Army and War Correspondents meet the U.S. Army's 3rd platoon, 36th Division Recon Cavalry troops. The U.S. Army soldiers wait in jeeps at a bend in the road. When the British group arrives they stop and talk together. Then views of a company of the 504 Abn Infantry on the Via Roma entering Albanella Italy. A half-track personnel carrier is seen followed by several M10 Tank destroyers. from Company C of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, driving through town on September 14th, 1943. Views of M4 Sherman tanks on the roads of Albanella. (Note: The location where Infantry and tank views was taken has been identified as the intersection of Via Piazzie Chiesa and Via Roma at coordinates: 40 degrees 28' 41.29"N/15 degrees 06' 52.24"E.)
A B-25C Mitchell bomber landing on an allied airfield in Salerno Italy during World War 2. With landing gear broken from flak, the plane makes a ground loop and crashes during landing. Other vehicles seen parked near the airfield while smoke covers the plane and the airfield. Two U.S. Army personnel standing away from the airfield observing the accident.
The American light cruiser, USS Savanah (CL-42) is seen streaming smoke as it cruises at high speed, after being hit by a German “Fritz X” radio-guided bomb during World War 2. Next Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Commanding General, Fifth Army, is seen descending a ladder from the USS Ancon (AGC-4), a headquarters and communications command ship, from which he had been observing the amphibious landings at Salerno, Italy. General Clark is helped aboard a waiting PT boat, where he joins several other officers on deck, with whom he converses.
U.S. Army units of the 753rd Tank Battalion, 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and 179th Infantry Regiment, advancing at Ponte Barizzo, Salerno, Italy, during World War 2. M-4 tanks moving past abandoned German Pz.III tank. Soldiers in M-4 tanks moving through the dusty and rough roads along the fields. Smoke rising from far distances. Soldiers loading and firing rounds from a 105mm Howitzer on a camouflaged M-7 tank motor carriage. Several soldiers near the camouflaged M-7 tanks preparing for the attack. (Note: the location is at the intersection of SP11a and SP 278 east of the Sele River.)
Paestum,Italy during Operation Avalanche in World War 2. US. Army infantry soldiers board LCI landing crafts and move away from beach. Three barrage balloons flying above the ships. U.S. soldiers in the ship heading towards the sea. Ship passes by the submarine nets and advances out to sea.
Italian aircraft and crews surrender to Americans at Catania Air Base, in Sicily, during World War 2, under terms of the Armistice of Cassibile , signed on September 3, 1943 and publicly announced on September 8th by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on Radio Algiers. Under its terms, the Kingdom of Italy ceased hostilities against the Allies and Kingdom forces were to surrender to the Allies. An Italian SIAI-Marchetti SM79 ("Sparviero") Torpedo-Bomber is seen in flight over water, as viewed from another airplane. It carries the number 1NS-20. View of Catania Air Base, with U.S. B-25 Mitchel bomber, of the 340th Bombardment Group, landing, in background. The Italian SM79 is seen taxiing to the ramp, after landing at the Base. A Italian crew man opens the door and an officer exits using the aircraft ladder. He is followed by Giulio Cesare Graziani, torpedo bomber ace and winner of the Italian Gold Medal of Military Valor. (He is framed at 1:12.) Another officer also exits and the three shake hands with U.S. 9th Army Air Force officers on the ground. Commander of the 340th Bomb Group Lt Col Adolph "Tik" Tokaz appears in frame 1:05. The Italian officers present some documents and discuss them with the U.S. officers. The officers from both countries gather around the Italian seal, of the kingdom of Italy, on the tail of the plane and discuss it. The officers turn to watch another Italian SM79 land, taxi in, and park. Italian fliers exit this airplane and walk across the ramp to join the others, with whom they exchange salutes, and shake hands.
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