Italian Army operations in Winter during World War 1. A column of Italian canvas-covered army trucks moves along a mountain road in the snow. Italian ski troops in a line, walk on skies across a snowy slope. They then ski down the slope.
In final days of World War 1, October, 1918, Italian troops are seen proceeding against Austro-Hungarian forces. The Italians advance and employ a large searchlight over the trenches at night. Shells burst above the battlefield. After Austria requested an armistice (signed on November 3rd) Austrian troops are seen surrendering in large numbers and assembling in open areas. Meanwhile, Italian troops enter the city of Trento in the Alps mountain range.
Bersaglieri troops of the Italian Army use ropes to rappel down a jagged cliff face. They then take up prone positions in a line, where their unique black capercaillie feathers can be seen on their helmets. They fire their rifles. Afterwards, they crawl forward in formation and slash through a barbed wire obstacle. (WWI; WW1)
U.S. corpsmen at 3rd Battalion Aid station attend to a wounded soldier of the 34th Infantry Division's 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry) in the Italian Rome-Arno Campaign during World War 2. They carry him from a jeep into a field hospital, where they check an information tag on his uniform. View of his bandaged left foot. Medics attend another wounded solder and bandage his wrist before moving him on his stretcher into the building. Two corpsmen lift a wounded soldier, in sitting position, into a field ambulance, which then drives away. (Note: the opening slate refers to Lt. Frank Morang, 196th Signal Photo Company, who reportedly received a field commission for his outstanding work in the North African, Sicilian and Italian Campaigns.)
Wounded U.S. soldiers being treated during Italian campaign of World War 2. Ambulance arrives at a field hospital of the U.S. 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry, 34th Division. (Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regiment were almost entirely Americans of Japanese ancestry.) Ambulance stops in front of a hospital tent. Injured soldier on litter is removed from the ambulance. An army nurse prepares dressing for a wounded soldier. He lights a cigarette. Surgery performed inside the hospital tent. Wounded men on litters removed from ambulance and carried into tent. (Note: Opening slate showing the name, "Morang,." refers to Lt. Frank Morang, 196th Signal Photo Co.)
An Italian mill where tanks, armored cars and tractors are built. Scenes of men doing work on tractors and armored cars at the mill. Men holding a vehicle tire. A man holding tracks of a tank. Body of the tanks. L6-40 Semovente light tanks ready in a yard.
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