Reel Number: H1335-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944,
Country: Italy,USA
Location: Italy,Paestum
TC Begins: 11:28:15
TC Ends: 11:37:59
Duration: 00:09:44
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WWII - Italy, Paestum - Jan44 View of narrow road thru denuded trees; jeep w/ four soldiers & mounted machine gun past followed by half-track trucks (75mm Gun Motor Carriage M3) w/ several mounted guns & crews. Several takes, different locations on road. 11:29:23 View up road w/ small pillbox on left; village ruins seen on hilltop. Jeep off right side of road & troops take cover (multiple takes). 11:31:17 MS Soldier out of jeep, talks on walkie-talkie. 11:31:34 Soldier flags down M-3 / M3 half-track; firing 75mm mounted gun & small machine gun alongside. 11:32:14 Half-track past, stops w/ smoke from checkpoint or pillbox beyond. View from rear of it firing / repeated shelling. Half-track backs out of frame; soldiers watching from roadside as men run around pillbox. 11:33:13 MS from back of M3 as men firing 75mm gun. 11:33:38 View from on road as second M3 pulls alongside & also firing seen by bouncing suspension; tree falls into road & concrete building leveled. 11:35:49 MS smoke & explosions from inside pillbox & tree falling. WW2 Tank Destroyer / Self-propelled Artillery; 1940s; NOTE: Staged but good quality action footage.