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Prisoners of war arrive in Italy after evacuation from Romania (Operation Gunn, WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. B-17 takes off from Romania. An injured prisoner of war (with head covered in bandages) takes a seat inside plane. A POW smiles while holding a newspaper. Another POW waving goodbye from a window. Groups of bombers in flight. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands in San Giovanni Airfield. Allied prisoners of war disembark from the bomber after landing. United States troops greet their comrades after their evacuation from Romania. A happy reunion for prisoners of war and their comrades in Italy. Former prisoners of war smiling outside the bombers. Chief of Staff Colonel Taylor speaks to the former prisoners of war after their arrival in Italy. Officer gathered, including Colonel Taylor, General Nathan F. Twining, General Bourne.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079891
Italian forces prepare to attack British convoys with bombers, torpedo boats, and submarines, during World War II.

Preparations for naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War 2. Italian fighter Reggiane Re 2000 Falco aircraft taxi on an airfield. Bombs on the airfield. Italian ground crew place a camera in the wing of a Navy S79 trimotor bomber, that then taxis and takes off from airfield at Trapani. Italian crews board MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) at a Sicilian harbor. The MASs pull away from the harbor. Crew members aboard the MASs heading out to attack British convoys in the Strait of Sicily. An Italian submarine submerging.

Date: 1942, August 11
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675070111
Construction of new allied airstrip in Salerno Italy. P-38 crashes on landing

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).

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030891
B-24 flying low over airbase in Naples, Italy.

Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.

Date: 1943, February
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034864
Aircraft production at the Pomilio factory plant in Turin, Italy in WWI; Pomilio biplanes and a Caproni CA.52 triwing bomber

Manufacturing of aircraft at the Pomilio production plant in Turin, Italy, during World War 1. Workers produce airframes, wings, fuselages, etc. Aircraft engine on test stand. Biplanes are seen in various stages of construction, including workers standing near a Pomilio C or Pomilio D aircraft. Completed Caproni CA.52 triwing bomber shown parked on an airfield.

Date: 1916
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048469
U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invader dive bomber airplanes over Sicily, Italy during World War II.

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A-36 Invader dive bomber aircraft in flight over Sicily. Aerial view of Sicily. The A-36 taxi along an airfield.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061162