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00:01:31 0.4
"NAPLES TO CASSINO" ("OBSOLETE" FILM)
00:01:50 19.4
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.
00:03:34 123.4
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.
00:04:21 170.4
AERIAL- THE VOLTURNO RIVER AND ITS BOMBED OUT
BRIDGES.
00:05:29 238.4
MONTAGE- ENGINEERS FIGHT THE ROUGH VOLTURNO TO
BUILD PONTOON BRIDGES ACROSS. MS- AN ENGINEER IN
THE COLD WATER CLIMBS ONTO THE BRIDGE SECTION.
00:05:51 260.4
TRUCKS CROSS OVER THE COMPLETED BRIDGE. CU- A
BRITISH TANK ROLLS OVER THE CAMERA POSITION.
00:07:00 329.4
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.
00:07:55 384.4
LS- ITALIAN REFUGEES WALK ALONG THE ROAD CARRYING
THEIR BELONGINGS.
00:08:40 429.4
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
00:09:20 469.4
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
00:09:33 482.4
LS- A LARGE GROUP OF GIS TAKE A MASS SHOWER IN
HOT WATER PROVIDED BY THE ENGINEERS
00:09:52 501.4
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.
00:10:16 525.4
MS- GIS SLOWLY FOLLOW AN ENGINEER WITH A MINE
DETECTOR AS HE SCANS THE ROAD.
00:10:31 540.4
MS- A WOMAN'S HAND IS TREATED BY A MEDIC.
MS- GI SLEEPS ON GROUND NEXT TO HIS MACHINE GUN
00:10:45 554.4
LS- AN OIL PIPELINE BUILT BY ENGINEERS SPANS A
GULLY, ELIMINATING LARGE VULNERABLE DEPOTS.
00:11:15 584.4
MS- MAP SHOWS THE 6TH CORP CROSSING THE VOLURNO
FOR THE 3RD TIME NEAR VENAFRO.
00:11:38 607.4
LS- WINDS OF HURRICANE VELOCITY LASHES PONTOON
BRIDGE BUILT BY THE ENGINEERS DESTROYING IT.
AGAINST ALL DIFFICULTIES BRIDGES WERE AGAIN PUT
IN PLACE.
00:12:01 630.4
LS- A GI STRUGGLES IN MUD UP TO HIS KNEES.
00:12:21 650.4
MS- ENGINEERS SHOVEL MUD AS THEY STAND IN IT UP
TO THEIR KNEES.
00:12:35 664.4
MS- A JEEP RIDES OVER ROAD AS WATER GUSHES OVER
ITS SURFACE.
00:12:43 672.4
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.
00:13:20 709.4
LS- ITALIAN WORKERS AND GIS SHOVEL STONES, TAKEN
FROM ROCK QUARRIES,ONTO THE ROADS
00:13:25 714.4
MONTAGE- MULES CARRY SUPPLIES UP THE MOUNTAIN
00:15:46 855.4
MS- ITALIAN TROOPS LOAD ONTO TRUCKS JOINING THE
AMERICAN FORCES, MARKING THE 1ST OCCASION WHERE
ITALIAN TROOPS FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH AMERICANS
00:16:43 912.4
MONTAGE- ARTILLERY POUNDS THE TOWN OF SAN PIETRO
00:17:36 965.4
LS- 16 U.S. TANKS ON WINDING ROAD TO SAN PIETRO
ARE SHELLED BY GERMANS. ONLY 4 RETURNED. MS- A
DESTROYED U.S. TANK
00:18:02 991.4
THE BOMBED-OUT TOWN OF SAN PIETRO IS FINALLY
TAKEN. TROOPS MOVE THROUGH THE RUBBLE.
00:18:26 1015.4
CU- GI DISCOVERS A BOOBY-TRAP IN A DOORWAY. THE
TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION IS EVIDENCE TO THE TOUGH
BATTLES WAGED HERE. (PAN)
00:19:04 1053.4
MS- PEOPLE OF THE TOWN COME OUT OF THE CAVES THEY
WERE HIDDEN IN FOR WEEKS.
00:19:12 1061.4
MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER,GENERAL CLARK AND OTHER
DIVISION COMMANDERS WALK IN TO VISIT THE AREA.
00:20:03 1112.4
LS- A TRUCH LIES FACE DOWN ON EDGE OF MOUNTAIN.
00:20:14 1123.4
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 1160.4
MS- A MOROCCAN AMIR WEARING A TURBAN WATCHES
MOROCCAN TROOPS CLIMB MOUNTAIN IN SINGLE COLUMNS.
00:21:06 1175.4
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 1181.4
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 1210.4
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 1287.4
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 1344.4
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 1349.4
MS- HELP AN OLD MAN AND WOMEN WITH TWO LITTLE
KIDS AFTER TAKING SAN VITTORI.
00:24:19 1368.4
MS- SMOLDERING RUINS OF A GERMAN TRUCK.
00:25:00 1409.4
MONTAGE- AERIAL VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY
AROUND CASSINO. LS- THE TOWN LAY AT THE FOOT OF
MONASTERY HILL
00:25:42 1451.4
MS- PAN OF THR HISTORIC ABBEY OF MOUNT CASSINO
WHICH THE GERMANS USED AS AN OBSERVATION BASE
OVERLOOKING THE TOWN BELOW.
00:26:30 1499.4
MONTAGE- AFTER WARNING NOTICES TO THE PEOPLE TO
GET OUT, WAVE AFTER WAVE OF BOMBERS OBLITERATED
THE ANCIENT ABBEY WITH BOMBS.
00:26:47 1516.4
LS- BOMBS FALLING ON THE MONASTERY.
00:27:16 1545.4
MONTAGE- CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOW THE GERMANS
CRAWL OUT OF THEIR BUNKERS AFTER THE HUGE
BOMBARDMENT AND CONTINUE THE FIERCE RESISTANCE.
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Year: 1943-1953  Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II

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