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WWII - 1940s, US Army History: All-American (82nd Airborne Division) R1 of 3

Reel Number: H1872-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: England,Italy,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Naples,Sicily

TC Begins: 01:00:04

TC Ends: 01:09:42

Duration: 00:09:38

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - US Army History: 82nd Airborne Division R1 of 3 Title sequence. 01:00:45 MS Sgt. James Mansfield turns to camera, SOF: “Today we have another story of a famous unit, the 82nd Airborne Division...the All-American Division....dedicated to the Combat Infantryman. 01:01:32 Colonel William W. Quinn to camera: SOF re medals & introduces 82nd AB Div. 01:02:09 Titles over paratroopers jumping, descending from C-124 in training; CU landing, closing parachutes & running off plowed field. 01:03:03 1942 swearing in ceremony on tarmac w/ mixed ethnic backgrounds. 01:03:25 Montage: WWI 82nd infantry & fighting. Still photograph of WW2 General Wainwright over battle scenes. MCU Gen Bradley w/ 4-star cap; Matthew Ridgway. Recruits jogging in training, training shots of AB, obstacle courses, graduation. 01:05:02 Montage: Sicily invasion w/ planes over water, map, jumping from plane, parchutes from ground, crossing hillside & fighting on ground. Advance thru village, throwing grenades, firing machine guns, mortars. wounded onto plane. 01:06:16 Montage: Animated map of Tunisia, Sicily, southern Italy. Airdrop, German heavy artillery firing, ground fighting, tanks advancing & entering Naples w/ celebration. Rifle fighting from rocky mountain top, explosions. Crossing Volturno River. Italian place names over advancing equipment. 01:07:20 Montage: advancing tank, infantry up mountain trail, thru mud, flooding, pulling jeep out, pack mules in mountains. Medics carrying wounded on litter down steep rocky mountainside. 01:08:11 Animated map w/ San Pietro & Mt. Sammucro. US 212 LST on beach loading troops; unloading at Anzio; German planes strafing & bombing. Bomb explosions. 82nd moving up, fighting from ditches, thru farmyards. 01:09:14 Title: England 1944 over GI band playing; volleyball R&R. Replacements w/ gliders. WW2; Unit History; Military Documentary; Recruiting Propaganda; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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