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keywords: wwii, italy, invasion of salerno italy, general mark clark, field marshal bernard montgomery, b-25 mitchell bomber

Synopsis: Scenes of Italy with scenes of making spaghetti pasta outdoors, exhausted G.I.s napping in the shade, infantry walking up ramp into transport ship, packed troops on transports bound for Salerno Invasion and more...(read more)

  • Date: 1943
  • Duration: 00:11:10
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Italy
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WWII Italy To A G.I.

R2:00:01:33:11

Operation Avalanche September 1943, the invasion of mainland Italy at Salerno, the early stages of the Italian Campaign of WWII. American soldiers boarding LST-class Landing Ships in Sicily. U.S. Fifth Army soldiers on deck of several LST invasion ships. Invasion fleet underway.

R2:00:02:21:02

Naval bombardment of beach area of Salerno, Italy in WW2, aerial dogfights between U.S. planes and planes of the German Luftwaffe. The USS Savannah CL-42 is hit by a German radio-controlled glider bomb. Injured and dead being removed from gun turret on the USS Savannah. Troops on landing crafts and invasion ships going ashore at Salerno, Italy. Line of soldiers using bayonets to probe for land mines. Soldier lifting a land mine out of hole.

R2:00:05:30:13

General Mark Clark and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery invasion of Italy at Salerno during the Italian Campaign WWII. Army trucks fording a stream. CU sign reads Brooklyn Bridge. Solders repair railroad and kept the supplies moving.

R2:00:06:28:01

Infantry advancing through an Italian city searching and clearing each building of German snipers. Captured German POWs and bodies of dead German soldiers. Injured soldiers in a field hospital in Italy in WW2.

R2:00:07:47:05

CU image of a B-25 Mitchell bomber dropping bombs, Italian Campaign WWII, resulting ground explosions. Street fighting in Naples, Italy. Italian civilians in Naples cheer and receive food from Allied soldiers. People injured by delayed action mines planted by the retreating Germans.