Australian girls from the Sydney Australia College of Physical Culture perform mass drills in Army Hospitals in Sydney Australia during World War 2. Crowd cheering. Patient on a wheel chair watches the mass drills. The girls perform gymnastics drills and calisthenic exercises with rhythm and precision as the crowd of injured Australian soldiers and sailors watches.
The Badgett quadruplets celebrate their 5th birthday. View of the Badgett family house in Galveston, Texas. The Badgett quadruplets prepare a birthday cake. Girls mixing cake batter. A girl places the bowl of batter in the oven. The Badgett quadruplets clean up the kitchen. Their mother takes out the cake from oven and candles are lit. The girls dress up for their birthday party. A girl combing in front of a mirror. One of the Badgett quadruplets apply powder on her sister. They cut the birthday cake in the party and receive birthday gifts. At a USO Army/Navy recreation center they meet and dance with enlisted men. Girls holding up war bonds. The girls are Joan (incorrectly called "Jean" by the narrator), Joyce, Jeanette, and Geraldine Badgett. Navy men and soldiers dance with the little quadruplets. The Badgett quadruplets receive World War II war bonds for their birthday.
United States Army Air Force fighter planes and B-17 bomber aircraft seen in flight, including close-up aerial views looking down on B-17 in flight. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Hustlin Hussy” of the 385th Bomb Group in flight. Views of American bombing on the German supply lines outside of Rome Italy during World War II. U.S. planes bomb railroad marshaling yards near Rome. Allied forces cover the Mediterranean Sea. Explosions seen on ground as filmed from Allied aircraft over head. Fifth United States Army advance from the Anzio beachheads toward Rome. General Mark Clark in aircraft as he inspects the operation via aerial view. Close up views of General Mark Clark after he exits airplane to inspect operations. U.S. 5th Army troops on the ground bombard German positions with mortars and artillery. Explosions seen along German lines. American soldiers seen passing through small bombed-out villages in Italy. The town of Anzio heavily damaged after bombing. Group of Italian refugees greet American troops. German prisoners of war who have surrendered are marched in Italy, including many being marched double time. German prisoners marching, passing by a sign with arrow that reads “Military Police H.Q.”. They are seen being loaded into the same invasion ships that brought the Allied forces to Italy.
Allied leaders including General Eisenhower, General Montgomery and General Arthur Tedder meet in London to plan invasion of mainland Europe in World War II. Cameramen take their photographs. The Generals map the invasion attack. view of amassed Allied fighter planes, spare engines, propellers, replacement parts, and stacks of munitions, incendiary bombs, shells, and various bombs are seen being readied for use in invasion.
Invasion fleet assembles, with British, Canadian, and American infantry troops preparing for invasion in Italy during World War 2. U.S. Army ssldiers seen playing chess and reading newspapers aboard ship pre-invasion.. A U.s. soldier holds a puppy dog. A map shows the target places Anzio and Nettuno which are south of Rome. Landing ships and barges seen. Troops and heavy equipment arrive and are seen going ashore at Anzio and Nettuno. German dive bomber aircraft arrive on 2nd day and bomb Allied targets. A allied landing craft is hit and a large explosion is seen. Amphibious tank unloaded from landing craft. Near Anzio, dead German soldiers are seen on streets as Allied troops move in. German prisoners are taken by allies. British troops guarding captured German soldiers. A captured Nazi German officer is shown. and German soldier prisoners smoke cigarettes.
Allied troops attack Japanese bases in New Guinea. Australian jungle troops cover difficult to climb terrain, hauling supplies by manpower alone. New Zealand troops in snow covered Italian Alps. The Army troops from New Zealand wear white camouflage coverings in the snow terrain, and advance up mountain terrain. Aerial view of beach area at Anzio, Italy. U.S. Army forces escort capture German troops who continue to surrender. Some include Nazi troops from the Hermann Goering division. view of German Prisoners of War as they receive medical care for minor and major injuries. American nurses arrive in Anzio and tend the wounded. A German aircraft attacking Allies in Anzio is shot down and the German warplane plunges toward the ground trailing smoke. View of U.S. Army personnel examining the wreckage of a German plane that crash landed in Italy.
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