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Allied Drive on in Italy – Planes Smash Foe in Air – 1944
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National Archives Video Transcript for Archival Research Catalog (ARC) Identifier 39010: " Allied Drive on in Italy – Planes Smash Foe in Air – 1944 Text: ALLIED DRIVE ON IN ITALY - PLANES SMASH FOE IN AIR! Narrator: Huge fleets of Allied bombers, protected by umbrellas of fighter planes, continue their all-out offensive upon Nazi war plants in Europe. In one 24-hour period, 22 major rail junctions and scores of airfields from the Netherlands to western Germany felt the force of Allied bombs. Over the Channel, planes attack and destroy Nazi E-boats. Wing cameras synchronized with blazing guns record dramatic evidence of Nazi planes blasted from the skies. Precious planes Hitler can ill-afford to lose, with invasion threatening on all sides. On the Italian front, from Cassino to the sea, the German Gustav Line is penetrated, as General Alexander and General Clark attack with artillery. Big guns blasting away on an 85-mile front, from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Allied infantrymen move up in the wake of the opening two-hour barrage. American tanks wait to advance. Street fighting is from house to house. In Italy, the new campaign is underway. Text: PLANES SPAN U.S. CONTINENT…
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United News
Subjects
WWII, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945, Mustang (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States, United States. Cadet Nurse Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea
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