- Title: VM-1018A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:01:31 - "NAPLES TO CASSINO" ("OBSOLETE" FILM) 00:01:50 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UNITED STATES 6TH CORP THE UNIT THAT FOUGHT IT'S WAY UP THE ITALIAN BOOT. OUR CITIZEN ARMY, THE COMBAT INFANTRY, WIN THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO. 00:03:34 - THE COMBAT ENGINEER - CU- ANIMATED MAP OF ITALY SHOWS POSITIONS OF U.S. 5TH ARMY MADE UP OF THE 6TH CORP AND THE 10TH BRITISH CORP, AND THE BRITISH 8TH ARMY. THE 6TH CORP WAS MADE UP OF THE 3RD, 34TH AND THE 45TH DIVISIONS. 00:04:21 - AERIAL- THE VOLTURNO RIVER AND ITS BOMBED OUT BRIDGES. 00:05:29 - MONTAGE- ENGINEERS FIGHT THE ROUGH VOLTURNO TO BUILD PONTOON BRIDGES ACROSS. MS- AN ENGINEER IN THE COLD WATER CLIMBS ONTO THE BRIDGE SECTION. 00:05:51 - TRUCKS CROSS OVER THE COMPLETED BRIDGE. CU- A BRITISH TANK ROLLS OVER THE CAMERA POSITION. 00:07:00 - MS- AMERICAN JAPANESE SOLDIERS OF THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION LINE UP FOR CHOW ON THE FIELD MS- THE JAPANESE-AMERICANS EAT BEANS FROM THEIR TRAYS WHILE SITTING ON GROUND. SOLDIERS EAT ON BATTLEFIELD. 00:07:55 - LS- ITALIAN REFUGEES WALK ALONG THE ROAD CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS. 00:08:40 - MONTAGE- ENGINEERS USE A MOBILE CRANE TO BUILD A THREADWAY BRIDGE. THEY USE HAND TOOLS AND HEAVY LABOR TO PUT THE STEEL BEAMS IN PLACE 00:09:20 - MS- ENGINEER THROWS PILLS IN WATER TO PURIFY IT. AN ENGINEER FILLS A TANK WITH DRINKABLE WATER. IN 1 DAY THEY PURIFY 20,000 GALLONS OF DRINKABLE WATER, ANOTHER IMPORTANT TASK FOR THE ENGINEERS 00:09:33 - LS- A LARGE GROUP OF GIS TAKE A MASS SHOWER IN HOT WATER PROVIDED BY THE ENGINEERS 00:09:52 - CU- AN ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE CONTINUED ADVANCE BY THE 6TH CORP. LS- TOWN OF PRATA WHERE INHABITED DWELLINGS WERE BLOWN UP BY THE GERMANS MS- VILLAGERS COVER THE BODIES. 00:10:16 - MS- GIS SLOWLY FOLLOW AN ENGINEER WITH A MINE DETECTOR AS HE SCANS THE ROAD. 00:10:31 - MS- A WOMAN'S HAND IS TREATED BY A MEDIC. MS- GI SLEEPS ON GROUND NEXT TO HIS MACHINE GUN 00:10:45 - LS- AN OIL PIPELINE BUILT BY ENGINEERS SPANS A GULLY, ELIMINATING LARGE VULNERABLE DEPOTS. 00:11:15 - MS- MAP SHOWS THE 6TH CORP CROSSING THE VOLURNO FOR THE 3RD TIME NEAR VENAFRO. 00:11:38 - LS- WINDS OF HURRICANE VELOCITY LASHES PONTOON BRIDGE BUILT BY THE ENGINEERS DESTROYING IT. AGAINST ALL DIFFICULTIES BRIDGES WERE AGAIN PUT IN PLACE. 00:12:01 - LS- A GI STRUGGLES IN MUD UP TO HIS KNEES. 00:12:21 - MS- ENGINEERS SHOVEL MUD AS THEY STAND IN IT UP TO THEIR KNEES. 00:12:35 - MS- A JEEP RIDES OVER ROAD AS WATER GUSHES OVER ITS SURFACE. 00:12:43 - MS- A TRUCK TRIES TO PULL OUT ANOTHER TRUCK LEANING HELPLESSLY TO THE SIDE. GIS HELP BY PUSHING. WHILE THE ALLIES BATTLE THE ELEMENTS THE GERMANS BUILD A STRONG LINE OF DEFENSE (SHOWN ON MAP) ACROSS ITALY. 00:13:20 - LS- ITALIAN WORKERS AND GIS SHOVEL STONES, TAKEN FROM ROCK QUARRIES,ONTO THE ROADS 00:13:25 - MONTAGE- MULES CARRY SUPPLIES UP THE MOUNTAIN 00:15:46 - MS- ITALIAN TROOPS LOAD ONTO TRUCKS JOINING THE AMERICAN FORCES, MARKING THE 1ST OCCASION WHERE ITALIAN TROOPS FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH AMERICANS 00:16:43 - MONTAGE- ARTILLERY POUNDS THE TOWN OF SAN PIETRO 00:17:36 - LS- 16 U.S. TANKS ON WINDING ROAD TO SAN PIETRO ARE SHELLED BY GERMANS. ONLY 4 RETURNED. MS- A DESTROYED U.S. TANK 00:18:02 - THE BOMBED-OUT TOWN OF SAN PIETRO IS FINALLY TAKEN. TROOPS MOVE THROUGH THE RUBBLE. 00:18:26 - CU- GI DISCOVERS A BOOBY-TRAP IN A DOORWAY. THE TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION IS EVIDENCE TO THE TOUGH BATTLES WAGED HERE. (PAN) 00:19:04 - MS- PEOPLE OF THE TOWN COME OUT OF THE CAVES THEY WERE HIDDEN IN FOR WEEKS. 00:19:12 - MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER,GENERAL CLARK AND OTHER DIVISION COMMANDERS WALK IN TO VISIT THE AREA. 00:20:03 - LS- A TRUCH LIES FACE DOWN ON EDGE OF MOUNTAIN. 00:20:14 - MS- FRENCH TROOPS MARCH IN TO RELIEVE THE 34TH DIVISION AFTER 73 DAYS OF COMBAT. THE FIRST FRENCH SOLDIERS OF WWII TO FIGHT THE GERMANS ON EUROPEAN SOIL AFTER THE FALL OF FRANCE 00:20:51 - MS- A MOROCCAN AMIR WEARING A TURBAN WATCHES MOROCCAN TROOPS CLIMB MOUNTAIN IN SINGLE COLUMNS. 00:21:06 - MS- A GI COOK SHARPENS HIS KNIFE AS HE STARTS TO CUT UP SOME TURKEYS OUTSIDE HIS TENT IN THE HILLS AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES. 00:21:12 - THE DINNERS ARE PUT IN SEALED TINS AND DRIVEN UP THE HILLS TO THE TROOPS. AT THE END OF THE TRAILS MULES CARRIED THE MEALS TO THE HEIGHTS. 00:21:41 - MS- A MEDIC STARTS PRAYER AS GIS BOW THEIR HEADS ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1943. GIS LINE UP IN THE HILLY MOUNTAINS FOR A HOT MEAL WHICH IS DISHED OUT FROM PANS. CU- A GIS HELMET IS FILLED WITH FOOD AS HE STICKS IT OUT. 00:22:58 - MS- A WRAPPED UP BODY OF A DEAD GI IS LOADED ON THE MULE FOR THE TRIP DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. OTHERS ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS BY FELLOW GIS AND LINED UP ON THE GROUND. 00:23:55 - MONTAGE- CONTINUOUS MORTAR AND ARTILLERY FIRE IS DIRECTED AT THE GERMANS IN THE MOUNTAIN ON SAN VITTORI ON NEW YEARS DAY 1944. 00:24:00 - MS- HELP AN OLD MAN AND WOMEN WITH TWO LITTLE KIDS AFTER TAKING SAN VITTORI. 00:24:19 - MS- SMOLDERING RUINS OF A GERMAN TRUCK. 00:25:00 - MONTAGE- AERIAL VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY AROUND CASSINO. LS- THE TOWN LAY AT THE FOOT OF MONASTERY HILL 00:25:42 - MS- PAN OF THR HISTORIC ABBEY OF MOUNT CASSINO WHICH THE GERMANS USED AS AN OBSERVATION BASE OVERLOOKING THE TOWN BELOW. 00:26:30 - MONTAGE- AFTER WARNING NOTICES TO THE PEOPLE TO GET OUT, WAVE AFTER WAVE OF BOMBERS OBLITERATED THE ANCIENT ABBEY WITH BOMBS. 00:26:47 - LS- BOMBS FALLING ON THE MONASTERY. 00:27:16 - MONTAGE- CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOW THE GERMANS CRAWL OUT OF THEIR BUNKERS AFTER THE HUGE BOMBARDMENT AND CONTINUE THE FIERCE RESISTANCE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1018A