Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 4, Part 1 of a 6-part film.
THE LIBERATION OF ROME Reel 4 · Part 1
Description
Reel 4 shows air views of allied tanks and trucks advancing along a road to Rome. German prisoners are marched to the rear past wrecked German equipment. Wounded are brought in by ambulances and given first aid and blood plasma. Close-ups are shown of German dead by a roadside and beside smashed vehicles. Gen. Clark and Truscott in a jeep lead files of troops through ruined suburbs of Rome as civilians cheer. Reel 8, allied troops and vehicles parade through cheering crowds in Rome. Civilians fraternize with U.S. troops and AMG posters are put up. Gens. Clark and Truscott visit the Vatican. Refugees return to the city.
Read moreCollection
Records of the Office of the Secretary of War
Series
Related Videos
Captured German News Reels
Part 2
Wrecked German Equipment Near Massa Marittima, Italy
Part 2
Controlling German Prisoners of War
Part 2
Footage of American Military Personnel and Equipment; German Prisoners; German Soldiers; Wounded American Soldiers; Burning Villages; Germany
Part 3
German A-4 Rocket
Part 1
German Tanks, Troops, and Aircraft in Action
Part 3
Footage of Armored Vehicles and Medics; French and German Prisoners; Wrecked German Aircraft; Concentration Camp Footage; Tank Crewmen; Germany
Part 5
Views of Wrecked & Captured Japanese Equipment, Invasion of Saipan
Part 4