An M4 Sherman tank drives past the camera, a U.S. Army soldier visible in the hatch, with a ruined building in the background. In an open field, plumes of smoke rise from distant explosions. In the final shot, a military jeep transports a soldier wounded in battle. A medic holds an IV bag above the wounded soldier, whose face is visible.
Destroyed buildings and ruins in Cassino during the Battle of Monte Cassino. German soldiers look through binoculars. Some sit and talk. Soldiers crawl and take cover among the ruins as Allied planes attack. Allied planes drop bombs on the town. Soldiers take cover and fire antiaircraft guns. Smoke from explosions. An Allied plane is hit and falls. Soldiers scout from the ruins. Machine guns fired. Soldiers with explosives in bunkers. A torn Nazi flag with the Swastika. (World War II period).
Former Italian Prisoners of War who were held in exile in Yugoslavia are liberated on Italian soil. Former Italian soldier prisoners on the ship Gorica as it arrives at the Port of Ancona for their repatriation. Soldiers stand on deck and wave. Former prisoners disembark the ship. The wounded prisoners brought down by fellow prisoners. A man kisses a woman. The prisoners disembark the ship. Crowd gathered at the sea port to welcome them. Having been indoctrinated with Communist ideology, they sing communist songs and carry large portraits of Josip Broz Tito (Marshal Tito), the Yugoslav statesman, as well as small flags with the hammer and sickle communist symbol. Italian man kisses a woman on the dock.
Soldiers load cases of turkeys. Cases loaded in refrigerated Army truck. Truck doors closed and truck pulls away. Truck is unloaded. A truck is parked, as another truck drives in and receives its quota of turkeys. U.S. soldiers eating their thanksgiving dinner, seated nearby artillery in wooded area. (World War II period).
German artillery around U.S. gun positions in the valley, two miles east of Mignano. Smoke rises from targets. Smoke clouds on enemy targets by smoke shells. Explosions in valley. Shells land near gun emplacement at Campozillone. Men climb steep trail to the 141st regiment. (World War II period).
Mount Vesuvius erupts. People evacuate city. Men throw lava dust from roof. People walk on street. Women throw lava dust from balcony. Woman throws lava dust from rooftop and cloud of dust over house in sky. Man puts luggage on horse cart.
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