B-24 aircrafts in formations and raid on Naples and Messina in Italy. Bombardier looking through bombsight. Guns visible. B-25 aircraft over water. Navigator and crew member check charts. B-24 interior. Nose gunner checking gun through gunsight. Cameraman taking pictures. Bombardier on alert. Top turret gunner checking his gun. Bombs dropped over water. Bomb explosions in water. Waist gunners checking their guns and on alert together. The tail gunner and waist gunner on alert. Formations of B-24s. B-24s against dark cloudy sky. B-24s flying. (World War II period).
Interior of B-24 aircraft. Muzzle of .50 caliber gun. Waist gun window and gun sight. B-24 aircraft flying. View of B24D "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in flight (SN 41-11913 of the 98th Bombardment Group, the B-24 Liberator unit nicknamed the "Pyramidiers". This aircraft went down May 1, 1943 after flying into another aircraft in a cloud). Front part of B-24 over muzzle of .50 cal gun. Aerial views of B-24s flying. B-24 named "The Witch" seen (SN 41-11840 of the 98th BG "Pyramiders". This aircraft was lost August 1, 1943 in Operation Tidal Wave raid of Ploiesti Romania oil refineries). Artwork on both of the above "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "The Witch" was painted by Amos Nicholson. Clip closes with echelon of three B-24s seen. Footage shot during return to base following bombing mission over Naples and Messina, Italy. (World War II period).
Two men on armchair bicycles as they are going for round the world tour, in Italy. They ride bicycles. People on road watch them.
Formal surrender of the German army before the Allies at headquarters of the 15th Army Group in Italy during World War II. Four star General Mark W. Clark flanked by Major General Benjamin W, Chidlaw, Lieutenant General R. L. McCreery and Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott in a war room. Motorcade of surrendering German Generals arrives and enter War Room. U.S. and German military officials on a table for signing surrender. U.S. staff officer addresses the surrender party. German officers leave in sedan after signing surrender.
Development of airplane by Wright brothers. Wilbur Wright demonstrates his plane before King of Italy and Italian Government. Wilbur and two other passengers sit in a plane and plane launches. A group of officers watch the plane in flight. Ruins of old Italian buildings as seen from a plane.
An Italian Army officer and his deputies visit a horse stable of the Italian Army cavalry, in Italy. Number of horses at the stable, their cradle hangs near them. The senior officer talks to the serving staff at the stable. Three Italian soldiers with rifles on guard outside the horse stable.
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