Cassino Monastery Bombed (1944)
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Italy.
L/S of the abbey on the crest of Monte Cassino. M/S Benedictine monks walking in grounds of Pershore and Nashdom abbey in Kent. M/S of the Lord Abbot, head of the Anglican community of Benedictine monks, speaking in grounds of abbey. He says all Benedictine monks will regret the bombing of the monastery as it was where St. Benedict wrote the rules, but it is more than justified if it stops more lives being lost.
C/U leaflets printed in Italian and English warning occupants of the intended bombing of the monastery. C/U of the leaflets being loaded into empty shells. Various shots of American soldiers putting shells in the breech and firing the gun towards the monastery. L/S of the monastery. L/S as columns of smoke shoot up when the first bombs land. Shell fire peppers the hill, then more bombing, the building is surrounded by smoke. Various shots of the bombers. L/S of the bombed out monastery.
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MONTE CASSINO ABBEY via DRONE 4K
Dramatically located in the mountains of Lazio ninety miles southeast of Rome and closer to Naples, Italy, this beautiful abbey was the first monastery of the Benedectine Order.
It was established in 529 by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the patron saint of Europe, who is considered the founder of monasticism in the West. In the nearly 1,500 years since then, Montecassino Abbey has experienced more than its fair share of traumatic events.
The Battle of Monte Cassino #WWII
One of the longest and bloodiest battles of World War II, marked by assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by the German forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. During the battle the Allies struggled to capture the western anchor of the Gustav Line and the Abbey of Monte Cassino. With several offensives failing, only the launch of Operation Diadem in May 1944 did finally allow the Second Polish Corps to succeed in capturing the Abbey of Monte Cassino and effectively opening the Allied armies the road to Rome.
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(28 Feb 1944) The decision to attack the monastery, occupied and fortified by the Germans, was a military necessity. ® ® The results of the decision are vividly portrayed in the following sensational pictures.
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Monks Rebuilding Monte Cassino (1946)
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Cuts from newsreel 46/65 - Cassino Monks set to work to rebuild their Monastery at Monte Cassino.
Various shots of mortar bombs bursting on the roof and walls of the monastery. Various shots of Cassino as it was before the bombing in 1944 (these actually look like miniature models).
Shots of the ruined monastery as it is today (1946). Various shots of the monks digging in the ruins. A monk still clad in his robes digging with a pick amongst the ruins. Various shots of the monks assisting the workmen in the rebuilding. Monks sort over the rubble of the once famous library in an effort to salvage books and manuscripts. Monks at work salvaging books and some of the books and manuscripts they have salvaged.
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Pope Paul Consecrates New Abbey At Monte Cassino (1964)
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Various shots, Pope Paul VI arriving at the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino which was heavily bombed by Allied forces in World War II. He arrives standing in his limousine to cheers from the crowds. He recognises the crowd and goes to meet those nearest the barrier. Various shots, Pope Paul leaving the Abbey in the rain, again heavily pressed by the crowd.
Various shots, Pope Paul, accompanied by members of the Papal Court and six Cardinals, perform the ceremony of consecrating the new abbey. They consecrate the altar and all the crosses around the abbey. All the time the Pope is heavily besieged by people. High shots, outside the abbey looking down at a site below, possibly a cemetery.
CUs The pope leaving the abbey at the end of the ceremony. MS The Pope's limousine leaves Monte Cassino. Various shots, crowds following in the rain as his motorcade makes its way down the hill.
Inside the abbey as the Pope arrives and seats himself on the throne. MS Details of the new abbey's architecture. Various shots of the congregation and the Pope sitting in full regalia. Various shots, the Pope and his entourage blessing the building. MS The organ. LS Looking down the nave to the high altar. MS Two Papal guards saluting. (2 shots).
MS The Pope's limousine arriving, the top is opened and he steps out. Various shots, crowds waiting in rain outside abbey. MS Statue, possibly of St Benedict. Various shots of the architecture of the new Monte Cassino. Various shots, the Pope being mobbed by crowds and cameramen as he enters the Abbey, then the abbey doors are closed. MS The cloisters pan up to window. LS Stone gateway and steps to the cloisters. LS View from the balcony. MS Statue of St Benedict on steps. Various good shots, Pope Paul waving to roadside crowds and to the camera as he leaves.
Note: Date on original record: 25/10/1964. On this occasion, Pope Paul VI also declared the Abbey's founder, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Patron Saint of Europe. There is no chronological order to this item.
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A rocky hill south of Rome is home to the rebuilt Monte Cassino Abbey.
The abbey was established by St. Benedict, the patron saint of Europe, in the year 529.
Monte Cassino was at one point the world's wealthiest monastery, and was filled with relics from the life of Benedict.
Highlights include the basilica that once housed many enamoring paintings, frescoes, and mosaics, and the abbey museum which details the history of monasticism.
The abbey was destroyed in The Battle of Monte Cassino in World War II during an Allied bombing.
It was rebuilt according to the original plans, and today continues its work as a place of religious worship and pilgrimage site.
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The final battle at Monte Cassino and the collapse of the Gustav Line.
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Shelling Of Monte Cassino (1940)
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Cassino monastery, used by Germans as observation post, is bombed by the allies.
Italy.
Long shots of bombs and shells exploding on Monte Cassino. A voiceover is explaining the history of the monastery of Monte Cassino. Some closer shots show the monastery. We see the destruction of the building.
American troops read leaflet. More shots of bombardment.
Cataloguer's Note: Odd juxtaposition between voiceover about civilising influence of the Benedictine ideal and the pictures of the bombardment. - MD.
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Abbey of Montecassino, Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy, Europe
The Abbey of Montecassino is a Benedictine monastery located on the summit of Montecassino, in Lazio. Since December 2014, the site has been managed by the Lazio Museums. It is the oldest monastery in Italy along with the monastery of Santa Scolastica. It rises 516 meters above sea level. Founded in 529 by San Benedetto da Norcia on the site of an ancient tower and a temple dedicated to Apollo, located at 519 meters above sea level, it has undergone an alternate story of destruction, looting, earthquakes and more. subsequent reconstructions. In these forms the ancient monastery had come down to us before February 18, 1944, during the second phase of the battle of Cassino, a massive bombardment of the allied forces, which mistakenly suspected the presence of German departments, the destroy again. The bombing began on the morning of February 15 and as many as 142 heavy bombers and 114 medium bombers razed the abbey to the ground. In the course of this, numerous civilians who had sought refuge inside the building died, while outside were killed by bombs several German soldiers and even forty soldiers of the Indian division. Soldier Walter M. Miller, future writer, took part in the bombardment and from this experience he drew inspiration for his most important work, Un cantico per Leibowitz. Thanks to the then arciabate Gregorio Diamare, and to Colonel Julius Schlegel of the Armored Division Hermann Göring, the archive and the most valuable bibliographic documents were saved. The bombing turned out to be a tragic mistake in military tactics. According to the historian Herbert Bloch, the bombing was not only a useless operation from the military point of view but also extremely harmful from the strategic point of view: Bloch claimed that the rubble of the bombing, immediately occupied by the Germans, had offered a precious shelter, which allowed them to hold that position for a long time, from which they could target allied troops, inflicting very serious losses on anyone who tried to cross the Gustav line . The reconstruction, which began immediately after the end of the war, aimed at an exact reproduction of the destroyed architecture. The restoration was carried out from 1948 to 1956, under the direction of the engineer Giuseppe Breccia Fratadocchi, who carried out a reconstruction of the interior of the abbey with blind and silent spaces between the cornices of the vaults, opposed by some art historians. The task of melting the bells of the abbey was assigned in 1949 to the Pontifical Foundry of Bells Marinelli of Agnone. In the eighties a series of frescoes were commissioned to Pietro Annigoni from the abbot Fabio Bernardo D'Onorio. Various master students participated in the creation of the pictorial cycle, including Romano Stefanelli, Ben Long and Silvestro Pistolesi. Pope Benedict XVI visited Montecassino on May 24, 2009, the 65th anniversary of the destruction of the abbey. The pontiff - who at the time of his election on the throne of Peter had chosen his name also inspired by the figure of St. Benedict of Norcia - prayed at the tomb of the saint, recalling its importance in European cultural formation.
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On May 18, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces finally occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle with Axis troops.
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Monte Cassino Under Fire (1940)
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Several shots of the monastery on the hill overlooking town of Monte Cassino. Some smoke is seen from various parts of the monastery.
Various shots of the town of Monte Cassino being shelled - smoke and fire seen.
Several closer shots of the monastery and the countryside around. More shots of the burned houses with monastery on top of a hill in background. More shots of the monastery. Thick smoke is seen from the monastery as it is bombed.
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The Battle of Monte Cassino | Italy in World War 2
In the winter of 1944, the Allied powers had already landed in Southern Italy and were pushing north. It became obvious the Axis were losing the war, it was only a matter of time. They wouldn’t go without a fight, however. The Allies wanted to take Rome, with one of the obstacles on their way being the Archabbey of Monte Cassino. This giant building, on top of a hill, was to be taken by them. What they didn’t expect was the fierce resistance by the Germans protecting these lines: it would take the Allies 4 incredibly deadly and disastrous planned assaults for them to finally overtake the Archabbey… or, well… whatever rubble was left of it. It was one of the deadliest series of assaults by the allies on the Italian front during the Second World War.
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Ordem religiosa de clausura monástica, a Ordem de São Bento, também conhecida como Ordem Beneditina, possui como um de seus embasamentos a prática da convivência comunitária entre seus membros. Composta em 529 para a abadia de Monte Cassino, na Itália, por São Bento de Núrsia, irmão gêmeo de Santa Escolástica, tem como virtudes a pobreza, a castidade, a obediência, o ensino do Evangelho, a oração e o trabalho, além de ser acolhedora, no sentido de hospedar peregrinos e demais viajantes em seus mosteiros.
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Monte Cassino Survivor Story
Jim Knox, WWII veteran describes his harrowing experiences during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
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Jim grew up in West Ham and joined the Army in 1941 aged 16 after persuading the sergeant at Romford Army recruitment office that he was 18. In August 1942 he volunteered for the Paras and joined 4th Parachute Battalion, part of the 2nd Parachute Brigade. He served in North Africa, landing at Oran in early 1943. The 2nd Brigade landed in Italy at Taranto in September and moved up the west coast to the Sangro river where the brigade became the Independent Parachute Brigade, joining forces with a New Zealand Division patrolling the Gustav Line.
The most frightening time of the war for me was going into Monte Cassino for the first time. There was a tremendous noise from the mortars and this hideous yellow smog. The sky was lit up red and yellow and we could see flames. It wasn't until we got closer that we realised that was Vesuvius erupting. It was like walking into hell. The stench was horrible from dead mules and dead soldiers. It was terrifying.
We were with a New Zealand division at the railway station and Germans were dug in just a few yards away at the Continental Hotel. We were so close that we shouted abuse at each other.
You could hardly move -- and you only moved at night. And we constantly worried about treading on a mine. The mortaring was constant from both sides. It was a bit like trench warfare at the First World War -- a stalemate - no one could move. You did get the odd glimpse of a German but very rarely. If there was any movement from either side everyone would open fire.
I was on a two inch mortar -- when you saw a flash you had to send some back in that direction. We were there for 13 days until the Poles advanced to the monastery.
Following the battle for Monte Cassino, Jim was parachuted into France, behind enemy lines. The daring operation to surround and contain a German garrison at Le Muy took place a few days before the invasion of the Southern France in August 1944. Jim was awarded the Legion d'honneur -- the highest decoration in France -- following his work with French Resistance guerrillas, the Maquis, during the operation.
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