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Landing gear on Piper L-4 Cub collapases upon landing at a U.S. Army camp in Italy, during the Second World War

Piper L-4 Cub plane approaches an airfield at a U.S. Army camp in Italy. The landing gear collapses upon landing. The pilot, an Army artilleryman, is helped out of plane by other soldiers, who inspect it and them move it out of the way.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944, April
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052266
U.S. Army Air Forces Troop Carrier crews assemble for briefing in Italy prior to the invasion of Southern France in World War II

American Troop Carrier crews gather for a briefing on August 14, 1944, the day before the Operation Dragoon invasion of Southern France, in World War 2. The captions then refer to their return to the United Kingdom later that month, and to the United States in October 1944. The air crews are seen assembled outdoors at an airfield in Italy. The weather is hot and some of them are shirtless. Some airmen are seen wearing Khaki shorts or singlets. Views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, New York City skyline, taken when some aircrew members returned to the United States in October 1944.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058913
Pilots of U.S. Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group being briefed by General Benjamin Davis in Italy during World War II.

African American Fighter Group of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. African American pilots of 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) being briefed at a map by a USAAF officer in the background. Pilots listen to the officer. USAAF General Benjamin Davis with a pointer at the map. Crewmen attach a wing tank to a USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft parked on an airfield. The crewmen check the aircraft and load a wing gun. The pilots come out of the briefing room. They sit under the wing of the P-51. P-51s lined up with propellers turning. A P-51 taxis. P-51s take off.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060598
P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft being prepared for an air raid on Italy during World War II.

A film about role of U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft during Allied air attacks on Italy in World War II . Aerial views of a damaged bridge after an Allied air attack. Bomb craters on the ground. A U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft taxis along a field. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. Pilots in the cockpits of the aircraft as they clean canopies. Crew members work on P-47 aircraft.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066632
Wings For This Man - U.S. 332nd Fighter Group P-47s, flown by African American pilots, engage German bombers and Me109 fighters over Italy.

Part 1 of 4 of film "Wings for this Man", also known as "Army Air Forces special film project 151" (narrated by Ronald Reagan) about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first unit of African American pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. They comprised the 332nd Fighter Group (nicknamed the Red Tails, because of distinctive red painted tails of their aircraft). They are see engaging a Luftwaffe formation of bombers and fighter escorts over Italy during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, of the 322nd Fighter Group, take off from an airfield and head out on morning patrol. They engage a formation of Heinkel He 111 bombers escorted by Me109 fighters. Gun camera footage is seen of the P-47s firing at German Me109s. Several are shot down. German pilot is seen parachuting from one. Afterwards, pilots of 332nd Fighter Group share some of their combat experiences. Views of the kinds of places and circumstances in civilian life from which pilots of the 332nd were drawn. Views of transition from civilian life to the military, including changing into uniforms and boarding a troop train in the snow. View from side of black locomotive and train moving at high speed with smoke pouring out. Montage of locomotive train images.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074301
Italian air forces join Allies in Cape Bon, Italy, bringing their own ground crew, doctors and pilots

Italian air force joins allies at North Korba Airdrome in Cape Bon, Italy. 31 Italian planes bring their own ground crews and doctors. Italian planes in flight. Planes take off from airfield. An officer salutes as he disembarks. Ground crew disembark from the Italian planes. Ground crew and doctors talk to Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella. Captain Di Bella drinks water. Ground crew and doctors seated in truck and truck driven. They eat food. 2nd Lieutenant Fulvio Andrei, fighter pilot, interviewed. Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella, one of Italy's torpedo bomber aces, interviewed. (World War II period).

Location: Cape Bon Tunisia
Date: 1943, September
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024675
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