Mussolini and Hitler review a naval maneuver as chemical shells burst and ships are hit in Civitavecchia, Italy.

Italian naval maneuvers in Civitavecchia, Italy during World War II. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Soldiers on the terrace of a building to watch the naval maneuvers. Two aircraft in flight as smoke puffs rise from the coast below. The smoke rises as chemical shells burst in a valley during the maneuvers as Mussolini and Hitler review. Billows of smoke rise up as explosions occur at sea. A boat in the foreground. Two passenger ships being bombarded and pillars of smoke rise up.