Arrival of 5th division infantry in Gourock, Scotland during World War II. Excited infantrymen aboard a Navy tender wave to the people standing at the shore. Infantrymen walk with barrack bags, carrying on their shoulders. Men with bags walk on the stairs and disembark from the troop carrier ship.
American 5th division infantry in Gourock, Scotland. U.S. Army Infantry soldiers with barrack bags walk towards the waiting railroad trains at train station. View of men leaving the harbor and army vehicles in the background. Infantrymen walk toward the baggage cars. Enlisted men throw bags in the cars, while several soldiers get into the train. Women serve beverages to the people in the train. People look out of the train and wave as the train leaves the station.
Gun camera footage of Japanses aircraft being shot down by U.S. fighters and bombers over Wewak airfield in New Guinea Australia. Gun firing and blasting sounds in background. (World War II period).
View of B-25 bombers flying towards Colletta and bombing the roadways there to stop the advance of the German 16th Panzer division toward allied landing parties on the Salerno beach. Bombers dropping bombs over targets below. Destroyed airstrip areas and smoke rising from the targets below. (World War II period).
Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. (World War II period).
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.
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