WWII - 1944, Italy: Ardeantine Caves Massacre - Exhumation of Bodies. ca 26Jul-Dec44

Ardeantine Caves Massacre Aftermath - Finding and recovery of 320 Italian civilian ca 26Jul-Dec44. Pan large number of bodies half buried in soil. 01:00:47 CU Badly decomposed head, gloved hands tied w/ string, another skull w/ hair remaining. 01:01:49 LS mass of bodies w/ headless clothed skeleton in foreground. 01:02:05 CU half-buried decomposed body, pan other clothed bodies; a badly decomposed face. 01:05:29 MS 3 men (military?) digging up bodies. 01:06:04 LS man w/ spade / shovel standing among half-buried bodies, moves to foreground, joined by 3 men w/ nose masks on, start digging up bodies. 01:07:40 3 men carry body to stretcher, another 2 men come to take it away. 01:08:10 LS tunnel w/ 2 bodies on stretchers, 2 men (one US Army soldier) carry stretcher thru tunnel. 01:08:38 LS tables w/ bodies; doctors examine bodies as Catholic priest administer rites; man places small objects into tagged bag as another stretcher is brought in. 01:09:30 Men tip body onto table from stretcher; doctors start examining body. Priest arrives to bless; doctor takes notes as another removes clothing from body. 01:10:57 MS coffins stacked up in tunnel, 2 men stand by. Sign on cave wall: “Reparto Riconoscimento” (aka Recognition Department) w/ arrow. 2 men pick up coffin & follow arrow. 01:11:09 CU body w/ hands tied behind back, gloved hand cuts string w/ scissors. 01:11:38 MS doctor & man examining body on table w/ sinks in background; doctor removes wedding ring & watch from body giving to man 01:12:09 CU damaged / dirty watch, ring, pencil, lighter and papers / documents. WWII; WW2; 1944; 1940s; German Atrocity Exhumation; Italian Partisans;