Climb To Glory, The - Part One. Pt 1 of 2

The Climb To Glory - Part One. Pt 1 of 2 re Fifth Army, 10th Mountain Division assault on Gothic line, Nov44 - Feb45 - incl. some captured German footage. Narrated by both American & German veterans. Pan mountainous countryside landscape. View down from mountain side. 01:32:54 German & American veterans talk to camera giving their rank: Americans, Lt. Bill Putnam of 85th, Sgt. Ben Bush of 86th. Gen. George P. Hays (commanding General of 10th Mt. Div. Germans, Sgt. George Bibam (sp?); Gen. Hans George Hildebrand. 01:33:30 Spinning title: The Climb To Glory Pt. 1 10th Mountain Division patch Globe turning. The Big Picture title. 01:34:13 Man walks in woods, looking up w/ voice over. 01:34:32 Battle footage of destroyed trees, smoke rising, troops fire & advance uphill; hiking on road. 01:35:15 Cute Italian children watch. 23Dec44. Troops into town, camp - tents, shaving, hanging laundry, roll dice, queuing for chow, playing football game. 01:36:24 08Jan45 Moving north on trail. Man staring in trees. Camped in rain, men cleaning guns & loading equipment on truck. Drying gun parts over fire. 04Feb45 Infantry on road. Troops arrive on Riva ridge by ruins & fire guns near village of Pianza Natico . Firing 60mm mortars, explosions. Smoke over town. Explosion in building. 01:39:28 Large German gun barrel raised, firing. Germans watching w/ binoculars. US troops pinned down, then run behind wall. 01:40:14 Men carry stretcher down steep hill; first aid & field hospital w/ blood drip. Grave marker. 01:40:41 86th Regiment patrols into enemy territory past camera; CU boots on stone, thru grass. US helmet rolls down hill. Men walk along road near Vidiciatico, past men leaving, resting against wall. Thru barbed wire & up rocky hillside. 01:42:03 Sign “Lizzano In Belvedere”. General Hayes describes SOF topography around Riva Ridge & Mount Belvedere & explains strategy. 01:43:51 German officers look thru binoculars, confer w/ map. Signs ‘Rocca Cornetta, Fanano & Querciola’. US patrol & German patrol out - daytime; night explosion; corpses. US vehicles past village. LS mountain & valley near Vidiciatico. Patrol up mountains over rock field, CUs. LS Mount Belvedere, prime objective, across valley. WWII - European Theater - Italy; WW2; 1944; 1945; Gothic Line Fighting;