WWII - 1945, 10th Mountain Div Offensive, Italy; De-Mining Vergota, Italy, 16Apr45

WWII - 1945, 10th Mountain Div Offensive, Italy; De-Mining Vergota, Italy, 16Apr45 Trucks passing GIs & roadside jeeps in Italian village; jeeps & trucks along steep mountain road w/ village on hilltop & into yard. Wounded in jeep. 01:01:07 MS German POWs, standing by roadside. GIs watching large group of German prisoners along roadside smoking cigarettes. MCUs, some hide faces. Down hill in truck. Others w/ hands over head, sit down beside others under guard on rocky hillside. GI eating rations from tin can & smiling. 01:03:07 Tank past thru on rocky mountain road, stop beside GIs along roadside w/ weapons & packs, resting & breathing hard. CUs. 01:04:07 GIs walking up rocky trail w/ packs & rifles; climb up embankment thru barbed wire & across steep rocky field. Various walking, resting. 01:05:32 Medics in jeep w/ wounded, waiting for half-track truck past. MS jeep pulling out & downhill on road. GIs crossing hillside, others resting. 01:06:09 Six German POWs wearing tags carry litter w/ wounded up hillside path, LS & MS. Others down road w/ stretchers, POWs under guard following past rubble of stone farm house. 01:07:10 Slate: Creglio , Italy. Gis probing swift stream & marking crossing w/ stakes & ribbon, farms in background. 01:08:03 Slate: Vergota, Italy. Soldiers alongside town curb & sidewalk probing for mines, MS & CU using bayonets. Trucks directed past large collapsed building. Half-tracks & jeep past. WW2; Italian Spring Offensive; Gothic Line; NOTE: Good quality & interesting.