1943 Movietone War News: U.S. Cruiser Survives Air Hit; Bread For Hungry People Of Naples”

1943 Movietone War News: U.S. Cruiser Survives Air Hit; Bread For Hungry People Of Naples”

Extracted from Naval Photographic Center film #2688. Movietone News Vol. XXVI No.18. National Archives description: “3) GV USS SAVANNAH, hit during war at Salerno; fire fighting aboard cruiser (SV showing damage).6) GV Crossing of battle scenes in Italy. (This is a Fifth Army advance in Italy.)7) AV Devastation and destruction in Devidento, Italy.9) GV Food supplies (floor) being brought into Italy. A panic of people scrambling for the flour, the source of bread.”