Liberation Of Rome, 1944
Liberation Of Rome Reel-1: June 4, 1944 cheering crowds greet the Allied 5th Army as the troops and tanks enter Rome. Shows the Combined Chiefs of Staff planning the Italian Campaign. Animated map shows the Nazi air bases in Italy allowed the Germans to threaten air attacks against Allied shipping in the Mediterranean. Shows German planes at the Foggia airfield complex in Italy. Troops of the British 8th army under the command of General Montgomery board troop transport ships for invasion of Italy and land at Reggio Calabria on the toe of Italy. British 8th Army advances north. The Italian navy surrenders to the Allies. Shows invasion convoy of Allied ships in-route to Salerno invasion beachhead. Excellent 4-sec clip of British Spitfire planes flying cover for invasion fleet. Shows Germans on high ground overlooking Salerno. U.S. 5th Army under command of General Mark Clark hit the beach at Salerno under heavy German fire. Shows Germans firing machine guns, mortars, 88 mm artillery. Allied fleet bombards German positions. Planes of the German Luftwaffe bombards the beachhead. Planes of the RAF and 9th American Air Force bomb German troop concentrations. Shows bodies of 5th Army soldiers on beachhead. Patrols of the U.S. 5th Army and the British 8th Army meet near Salerno. The British 8th Army attacked the German's left flank while the U.S. 5th Army moved inland from the Salerno beachhead causing complete retreat by the Germans. Shows General Mark Clark and General Montgomery. Shows Foggia air field after capture by British 8th Army. Map shows how capture of Foggia air field would allow Allied planes to provide air power on the Russian Front. The U.S. 5th Army enters Naples, refugees return to the city. Shows destruction of farm house and removal of bodies of farmer's family after being killed for refusing to give up his livestock to feed German Engineers. U.S. troops fight the rain, mud and swollen Volturno river with little or no forward progress. Shows vehicles bogged down in the mud. Winter brought snow in the mountains. Animated map shows how the Germans defended the passes by laying mine fields, placing machine guns on elevated points, and anti-tank guns to protect the mine fields and machine gun positions. Shows how the Allied Forces were able to capture the passes and advance. Mules used to carry supplies on mountain trails too steep or narrow for vehicles. Nazi film shows hundreds of captured Allied soldiers. Liberation Of Rome Reel-2: Shows 18-day savage tank battle and street fighting in Ortona, Italy between troops of the British 8th Army and German soldiers. The Germans finally retreated. General Eisenhower and General Clark inspect the German defenses at Cassino. Animated map shows the importance of Cassino where the Germans had been ordered to hold at all costs. Shows fighting on Hangman's Hill. Animated map shows the German Gustav defense line. To break the stalemate at Cassino units of the 5th Army made a end run landing behind the Gustav line at Anzio. Shows American and British troops unloading and consolidating the beachhead at Anizo. Shows German General Rommel and German General Kesselring directing the arrival of Nazi infantry and tank reserves to counter the Anizo landing. Shows planes of the German Luftwaffe attacking and bombing the Allied troops and Anizo invasion ships. Allied infantry and artillery was able to beat back German attacks, but paying a heavy price in dead and wounded. Wounded being transported to hospital ship. The Battle of Monte Cassino or Battle For Rome continued. Shows American planes bombing the hilltop abbey of Monte Cassino and later the town of Cassino. British Gen. Alexander directs an artillery bombardment on the Gustav Line. Animated map shows how the Gustav line was shattered by units of the British, Poles, French, and American armies. Shows fierce fighting in Cassino. Cassino falls as the Germans were killed or surrendered. The German pows were exhausted. The tanks and infantry of the U.S. 5th Army rolls toward Rome. Captured German film shows the German Army evacuating Rome. Crowds cheer a free Rome, receives the Pope's blessing, prays, and remembers the dead. Church bells ring.
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101ST AIRBORNE IN VIETNAM Battle footage Vietnam War HD
101ST AIRBORNE IN VIETNAM Battle footage of the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. Multiple edited shots from a location. Shots of terrain from helicopter. US soldiers moving out in field. US soldiers in combat taking cover from artillery explosion. Wounded soldier being treated for wounds before being evacuated. US soldiers and armored vehicles continue to move forward.
mortars fired at Us soldiers scrambling down hill Iwo Jima,
1969 Vietnam War Battle
Vietnam War - US soldiers jungle - soldiers in battle - US soldiers - soldier threshes reeds in field or marsh - soldiers run through jungle - soldiers throw grenades into jungle, duck - explosions - machine gun - l/s explosion in field - soldiers in battle - machine gun firing - soldiers lie in field
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US soldiers attempt to block off entrances to caves in mountains.
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Camp Custer occupied by soldiers before construction completed
US ARMY MANOEUVRES
Full titles read: "US ARMY MANOEUVRES" <br/> <br/>Regular and civilian soldiers converge on Monassis in Virginia, for peacetime manoeuvres. Various shots of units of America's National Defence force on manoeuvres, using tanks and artillery in mock battle across wooded fields. The war games take place in the same place as the battles of Bow Run were fought during the American Civil War.
U.S. SOLDIERS IN BATTLE IN VIETNAM - HD
Scenes of American soldiers during a battle in Vietnam. They use field telephones to communicate with other units and crawl through underbrush. Master in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ 29.97fps 1080p.
Soldiers in battle and a medic treating a wounded soldier just outside town of Wegscheid, Germany, in World War II.
U.S. Army soldiers in battle against German forces outside Wegscheid, Bavaria, Germany, during World War 2. Smoke from explosions in the foreground. Buildings and houses of Wegscheid in the distance. Church steeple visible in town of Wegscheid. American soldiers viewing battle through binoculars. Soldiers lying in prone position and firing rifles. Soldiers running in the forest. A medic treats a wounded American soldier. Location: Wegscheid Germany. Date: May 4, 1945.
WORLD WAR II
BATTLE FOOTAGE: AMERICAN SOLDIER THROWS GRENADE, EXPLOSION. LOW ANGLE U.S. FLAG. AMERICAN & PHILIPPINO TROOPS, SOLDIERS HIDING IN JUNGLE. FIGHTING, RUNNING
COMBAT TRAINING FILE PT. 5 (2000’s)
Color footage of combat training. Exact dates of taping unknown, cont.
Defence of Canada
Pig Day parade, re-enactments; Shots of US militia in 18th century costumes walking up to house in American camp, house guards on duty (1:43), LS of soldiers near house, TILT UP to LAS of American flag at top of flagstaff (0:37). Various shots of troops on parade assembling at shopping mall for march to courthouse for mock battle between British and US forces, CSs of children and people dressed in costumes, tourists taking photos (4:59). Parade activities; marching bands lining up and marching through streets followed by crowd (3:40). Shots of mock battle, muskets being fired, shots of parade out after battle, silent shots of crowd, CS of old man with US flag (4:36).
[US Navy in Pacific w GEN Eisenhower, PRES Roosevelt, PM Churchill, Chang Kai Shek in Cairo 1943] Globe with Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Soldiers loading guns. Good shot of black soldier carrying torpedo. VS of sea battle. Air battle. Aerial shots of land and planes. US Navy landing on tiny islands. Land battle VS. VS of dead and wounded Marines. Soldiers commerating them. Soldiers raise American flag. VS pans of dead soldiers in water and on beach at Tarawa. VS of smiling soldier congratulating his men. MS of Roosevelt with Churchill pans to GEN Chiang Kai Shek in Cairo. VS of them at Conference table. Good pan of GEN's at table. Globe of world with Japan the focus.
Kuwait US Military Exercises; 11/02
Kuwait US Military Exercises: Tanks and other military vehicles in desert day; Low shot of tank in motion, rolls over camera; Soldier in helmet with rifle kneels in desert; Soldier lays on ground, aims rifle or machine gun; More troops in battle positions; Troops fire guns from big tank; Soldier stands and fires gun; More simulated battle scenes with gunfire; CU of two troops in fatigues from behind
Strange But True - Volume 1, c.1930-60
United States Delightful 8-Year Old Show Us His Eye-Popping Look Of Surprise It's an eye-popping experience when this child shows us his amazing facial trick United States Heavyweight Wrestlers Blindfolded Then Let Loose In A Battle Royal Turn a bunch of blindfolded heavyweight wrestlers loose in a Battle Royal and the result in shocking, to say the least. The referee’s the only one who can see, but he takes a beating anyhow. United States Man Eats Metal Bolts And Parts In A Sit Down Dinner The year’s goofiest diet crops out when an 'Algerian' visitor to these shores warms up a plate of nuts and bolts with a blowtorch and proceeds to feast on the strange assortment of hardware. England Inventor Demonstrates His New Life-Saving Vehicle Bumper Accident proof device expected to lessen fatalities by 75%. United States Inventor Creates First Air Conditioned Suit Last summer was so hot that it inspired the first “air-conditioned” suit, a queer arrangement of tubes supplying a breeze through the whole costume from bellows fastened to the wearer’s shoes. United States Couple Get Married While Encased In A Giant Block Of Ice Just to prove the warmth of their affections, a couple get themselves married while each is immured in a huge block of ice. It’s a pretty shivery proposition before the knot is finally tied. United States Inventor Shows Off His New Aviation Creation - A Gyro Plane A be-whiskered inventor’s strato-gyro-plane rumbles and bumps, but somehow doesn’t quite get anything but a cloud of smoke into the blue. The pilot has to walk back from his “flight.” United States Birds Of A Feather Celebrate Together Actor-cockatoos, on 25th birthday, show how they entertained soldiers in France. Russia Children In Charge Of New Community New gypsy community controlled and run by children United States Local Bolys Build A Working Wood Burning Automobile You'll get a kick out of this novel vehicle built by three local boys. The contraption uses kindling wood and rumbles down the road like some prehistoric monster. No speed records, but thrills and stares galore! United States Draftees' Play Time Has A Military Purpose 'Recreation Hour' for troops of the 12th Infantry doesn't mean the soldier boys take a rest. Oh, no! They engage in pushball and other games that sharpen their wits and harden their muscles. United States Women Wrestling Gets Down And Dirty Meet Elvira Snodgrass, the 'Hill Billy Wrestler'. She takes on all comers to make money and plans to retire to her 'hawg' farm in Tennessee. Just watch her finish the 'Blonde Wildcat' in one wild match. United States Soldiers Stage Their Own 'Girlie' Show Modern 'Doughboys' doff their usual khaki and don, of all things, women's clothing to star in their own version of 'Swing Fever'. Singing and dancing a la Broadway. You'll howl with delight when you see this! United States Rocket Powered Helicopter Is Demonstrated First films of the Pinwheel – the first rocket-powered helicopter. A tiny, ultra-lightweight craft on a stilt-like landing gear, it’s the successful result of four years development. United States Athletes At Home In The Water - Simply Amazing Mermaids making sports news – Olympic divers and swimmers. A novel heli-boat takes to the air; kayak racers in a thrilling contest Germany Humourous Musing On How To End Drunk Driving Half-humorous films fantasy. German gadgeteers show how a device to end drunken driving might work – by dousing the driver and smoking him out of the car, if his breath is too high-octane! France French President Charles DeGaulle Observes Air Show France opens her 25th annual air show by unveiling some radical craft. President Charles De Gaulle sees a plane that flies with super-sonic speed and then stands still in midair. There’s also a demonstration of the U.S. one-man jet pack that lifts a soldier over the terrain. United States Moscow Circus Tours U.S. And Delights Audiences The Moscow Circus begins a seven-city tour of the United States with a stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Stilt-wearing acrobats, Cossack Riders and- above all, an amazing bear act- delight American audiences in this cultural exchange between the U.S.A. and the USSR. United States Ever See An Elephant Ski Up The Hudson River? Not for the first time ever, but for the first time on the Hudson River. Novelty enough is the sight of Beatty Hamid zipping up the Hudson on water skis, is simply pachyderm preposterous. circus sideshow freak freak show - exhibition of human biological rarities, referred to in popular culture as freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans"
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Germany's Buzz Bombs; Edited footage of operations in Normandy
Germany's Buzz Bombs; Edited footage of operations in Normandy. ""NORMANDY OPERATIONS U.S. ARMY SALVAGE YARD U.S. SOLDIER REPAIRING SHERMAN TANK U.S. SOLDIERS AND CAPTURED GERMAN EQUIPMENT WOW BURNING U.S. HALF TRACK U.S. SOLDIERS TAKING COVER U.S. SOLDIERS TAKING COVER U.S. TANK IN HEDGEROWS U.S. SOLDIERS MOVING IN FRENCH HEDGEROW U.S. SOLDIERS PASSING DEAD BODY U.S. AID STATION WOW U.S. ARTILLERY AIR BURST BRITISH SOLDIERS MARCHING BRITISH INFANTRY AND TANKS IN OPEN FIELD 8TH BATTALION FLANKS CAEN BRITISH CHURCHILL TANK PASSING WOW ALLIED ARTILLERY FIRING WOW FRENCH TOWN BURNING BRITISH SHERMAN TANK ADVANCING IN BATTLE BRITISH SOLDIERS RUSHING TO BATTLE WOW BRITISH SNIPER FIRING BULLETS HIT BUILDING WOW BRITISH SOLDIER FIRING MORTAR GERMANS SOLDIERS SURRENDER TO BRITISH SOLDIERS"". WWII in HD
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Wounded soldiers in the Korean War's Battle of Pork Chop Hill, 1953
True Glory, The
Shots of British Soldiers looking ahead through binoculars, lying flat and firing rifle. Sequence on US Soldiers in trenches firing mortar. MCU of sign "Arnhem 17". Throwing grenade. Shots of civilians collecting supplies parachuted down during night, of medics bringing in casualties. Several shots of British Soldiers, paratroops, doing nothing in particular, waiting. HAS of Antwerp, of motionless cranes. Sequence on Canadian and Polish attack on Walcheren, mostly shots of soldiers, advancing, firing rifles, moving cautiously through shell ravaged towns. Sequence on de-mining operations carried out by British navy and of arrival of first ships. Shots of unloading of ships, of supply trucks moving on roads, mostly American. Short sequence on night battle gun flashes. Sequence on US Soldiers after a battle, tired men standing by, arriving in trucks, eating at field kitchen, being issued fresh clothing, taking showers, writing letters. Shots of US Soldiers getting back into trucks for trip back to front. Sequence on winter campaign, US Soldiers advancing in snow, ground crew preparing fighters on snow covered British air base, US army nurses clearing snow from vehicles, mule train moving in snow and US troops in Vosges mountains moving up, firing mortars, fighting the cold and the deep snow.
AFGHAN GUN BATTLE
: Shot 02/18/2010. Afghan gun battle U.S. Marines exchange sporadic gunfire and outgoing mortar fire with the Taliban in Marjah, Afghanistan.
US INVASION OF JAP HELD ISLANDS
Kwalalein Attoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific. <br/> <br/>US. Marines swarm down ships side into landing craft. Naval and air bombardment. US. Marines wade ashore. They are shot at, craft advancing through water. US. Marines shooting at Japanese in water. Land explosion. Various shots of the fierce battle as marines land. Service cameramen at work. Dead Japanese soldiers. Shattered island, destroyed trees, hangars, block houses, buildings, planes. Marines find Japanese beer. Wounded men transported onboard hospital ship by crane. Last post sounded for the dead American soldiers. Animated map of Pacific operations. Marines in battle. <br/> <br/>American voiceover.
American soldiers advance and fire rifles at battlefield during World War 1 Battle of Saint-Mihiel
U.S. soldiers during the Battle of St. Mihiel grand offensive during World War I. Soldiers seated in a field. Soldiers resting on a battlefield. Trees in the background. A tank moves on a field. Smoke from firing and bombardment on the battlefield in the valley, as seen from elevated camera placement. U.S. Army soldiers advancing. Some of the soldiers lying in prone positions. One begins to fix bayonet. American soldiers firing rifles. Location: Western Front European Theater. Date: September 1918.
1940s NEWSREELS
U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLE FRONT MEN & WOMEN SOLDIERS OF VARIED NATIONALITIES LINE UP IN ITALY TO BE SWORN IN AS CITIZENS BY GENERAL MARK CLARK. EACH RECEIVES DOCUMENT.