View of destructions caused on Vajont Dam due to a landslide which fell from top of the mountains. View of River Piave. Animated map which explains how a landslide fell into reservoir and caused heavy destruction which wiped out villages and hamlets. Rock falls and ruins of villages shown. Italian troops with people in rescue operations. Troops carrying wounded and dead on stretchers. Women crying. United States Army helicopter lands. Troops searching for people still alive at disaster site. In the village of Longarone, 80% of the inhabitants are dead.
Fascists, carrying flags with their emblem, march in wreath laying procession at memorial to fallen Italian soldiers shortly after the end of World War 1. They throw small garlands on inlaid plaque as they pass and , with many men carrying it, they place a giant wreath, with large "V" on it, at foot of monument to fallen soldiers.
Animated map shows areas of targeting, in Rome environs, by U.S. warplanes during Italian campaign in World War 2. Gun camera footage from a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 aircraft captures strafing from altitude of feet, of loaded Italian transport vehicles on Italian highway 6, connecting Rome and Cassino. Another map highlights a bridge at Civita Castellana. Gun camera shows it being strafed from only 300 ft. altitude, and attacked with 500 pound bombs. Similar attack is highlighted at a road near Frosinone, Southeast of Rome, where A-36 fighter bombers strafe motor transports and bomb the road. Similar footage is shown for targets being attacked at: Monte Si Savino; Sezze; Terracina; Castro de Volsci. Views from one A-36 camera when pilot flies low in a valley looking for targets of opportunity. He strafes vehicles on a road and pulls up sharply to avoid a mountain and then continues attack on the other side.
The Royal Mounted Carabineers, a volunteer force for preserving order, march on dirt road. Cavalry advances uphill and comes down the slope. Italian troops with swords in hands.
Experimental activities of United States Army Air Force in the Mediterranean. Air Corp personnel look at shell. Airman fires at shell placed on tire for target practicing. Bullet holes on the shell. Airmen hold model of German B-1 Aircraft. Aircraft drops bomb over target. (World War II period).
Italian propaganda film displaying prowess of Italian infantry against tanks, in live fire exercise, during World War 2. Camouflaged Italian troops in a field. Italian soldier emerges out of foxhole. View of narrow deep foxhole that can allow tank to pass overhead. Tanks approach the area. Camouflaged Italian troops throw hand grenades at tanks, from their foxholes. Explosions on sides of tanks. Italian soldier jumps on a tank and sabotages it from outside. The tanks's tread becomes separated. Tanks move through mined fields. Italian troops run towards tanks throwing hand grenades.
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