Here is a poetically retrospective account of Italy as it was years ago,seen through the mind's eye of an American doughboy approaching its shores for the Allied invasion. Contrasted with the devastation about to be brought by the machines of destruction are glimpses of the magnificent cathedrals, fountains, famous cities and priceless art treasures which made Italy the seat of culture in Europe for centuries.
—BOXOFFICE May 27, 1944, page 129