Several United States Douglas C-47 Skytrain stand in a row on ground. U.S. troops 82nd Airborne Division loading jeep into C-47 aircraft. A man sits on the Jeep as it is being loaded at an airbase in Italy (World War II).
Opening scene shows six women standing atop sheaves of wheat piled high on a threshing machine in the Pontine marshes of Italy. The Italian flag is displayed above the pile. A man sits on the pile with a camera, taking photographs as Benito Mussolini climbs a ladder to the threshing floor platform, where several men and women await him. Mussolini is dressed in military jack boots and breeches and white cap. But he has removed his jacket and is in a shirt sleeved shirt and neckerchief, ready to work. As he reaches the platform, everyone, including a large group assembled around the threshing rig, raise their right arms in salute. Mussolini momentarily removes his hat to don goggles,and then replaces it backwards with the bill to the rear. He gets right down on the threshing floor to start work. Camera zooms in on him kneeling on the floor stuffing sheaves of wheat into the thresher, as women nearby untie the sheaves and hand them to him. Later, Mussolini is seen descending the ladder to join officials and farmers standing on the ground. He then walks slowly away, followed by the entourage. Next, the camera zooms in on a woman's hand, displaying the newly threshed grain in one of many bags. She raises up handfuls of it and lets it fall through her fingers. Mussolini posing with a group of women and men, smilingly asks an approaching man to step back to allow the pictures to be taken.
Italian premier Benito Mussolini mounts and rides a horse. Benito Mussolini in stand salutes Black Shirt gathering. The Avanguardisti Units (Boy Scouts) parade on street, likely the Via del Corso in Rome, Italy. Italian troops patrol in border area with skis in hand. Young army recruits are inspected. Officers examine and inspect Howitzer. Italian troops parade near the Roman Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine in Rome.
The Corpo Celere, a newly formed mobile Unit for advance military reconnaissance in Italy. Italian Army Cavalry marches with flags in hands. They advance uphill. Soldier Cyclists on bicycles on dirt road. Machine gunners take their place in bushes. Horse artillery crosses a water stream and moves uphill.
The Corpo Celere, a newly formed mobile Unit for advance reconnaissance in Italy. Motor drawn artillery. Vehicles tow artillery on dirt road. Italian troops check wheels of the vehicles. Vehicles advance uphill. Soldier comes down hill with two flags in hand. Motor drawn artillery comes down hill.
The Corpo Celere, a newly formed mobile Unit for advance reconnaissance in Italy. Italian troops prepare antiaircraft guns on ground. They check equipment. Officers prepare chart. Troops check anti aircraft guns on armored vehicles.
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