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Mud Slows 5th Army Advance On Italian Front
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keywords: wwii, italian front, 5th army, mud, artillery barrage, general mark clark
Synopsis: Mud and flood waters on the Italian front hamper the advance of the U.S. 5th Army as they slog forward under fire and moving cautiously through the ruins of an Italian town...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:03:09
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Italian Front
Mud Slows 5th Army Advance On Italian Front
Allied 5th Army in Italy fights mud and flood waters in Italy. River flood waters wash away pontoon bridge. Woman Red Cross worker walking through the mud with box of doughnuts. General Mark Clark and his troops eat doughnuts.
An army chaplain holds mass amid sounds of 155mm "Long Tom" artillery guns. LS of direct hit of artillery fire on top of Monte Camino. 5th Army soldiers firing a mortar. Soldier firing a bazooka, a shoulder fired rocket gun. A wounded solder on a stretcher is carried into field hospital from military ambulance. Wounded soldiers are treated at field hospital. Field hospital tent marked with Red Cross on side. 5th Army soldiers advance under fire in Italy. Soldiers move cautiously through the ruins of an Italian town. Shows Nazi German prisoners moving to the rear under guard. Army medics tend to wounded soldiers and civilians.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 1
