FLOODS "SUNNY ITALY" Part 1

Description

Summary: MSs, CUs, flooded Ombre River near Pistoia. MSs, CUs, US Negro engineers repairing washed-out Bailey bridge. CUs, flood water running under bridge. (scratched) MS, group of civilians watching bridge repair. (scratched) MS, CUs, Negro engineers laying steel girders on piers of bombed highway bridge. (scratched) MS, priest and other civilians walking in flooded streets in Florence. CUs, 2 1/2 ton trucks drive on flooded highways. MSs, armored cars, ambulances, over vehicles on flooded highway. CU, US soldiers putting up highway sign, "Florence". MSs, CUs, bulldozer working in mud at Florence airfield. Good CUs, blade and tracks of dozer in mud. CUs, engineers working in mud, digging drainage ditches on airfield bogged down British Spitfire in bg. MS, dump truck unloading gravel in mud hole. CU, US soldier on airfield inspecting tail of Spitfire. Long Pan, muddy airfield at Florence, showing P-5ls, Spitfires, P-38s, many other planes on field.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities