Yank About Italy Reel 1 of 2

Date Shot: 194?
Filmmaker: James Kilgore
Preservation: Al Larvick Conservation Fund
Object ID: 2017.0423
Rights: Creative Commons, please contact Nashville Metro Archives for use
Technical: 8mm film, black and white / color, silent
Description: Footage shot in Italy by US soldier James Kilgore, opening title: "amateur cinema league"; "A Volunteer Production"; "Yank About Italy"; Italian landscapes; mules; bulldozer; 5 ton trucks; meal time with soldiers; shots of ammunition, rockets, fuzes; "Winter 1944" landscapes, village in snow; "spring 1945" soldiers getting vaccinations; "USO camp shows victory for variety" shot of a variety show with soldiers watching; magician, acrobat, accordian player, singer; landscapes, Italian life, women washing clothing outdoors; farming; cannon; bombed village, rubble; "Pompeii" soldiers visiting Pompeii "Rome" street scenes; musical performance; catacombs; African American and white soldiers; colosseum; Parthenon; Red Cross Officers Club; Soldier having photo taken; color footage of the Vatican; Soldiers on train reading, playing instrument, eating, etc.; "Leghorn" soldiers on a beach; "Pisa" "Florence" duomo, David, Town Hall; soldiers at religious service on a boat; homecoming by boat, banners read "welcome home well done", shots of white and African American soldiers on boat.