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Roman and German sculptures and maps support the Italo-German alliance of WW2
World War II propaganda on the necessity for an Italo-German alliance. Map of Italy and Europe depicting the growth of the Roman Empire. Classical statues of famous emperors and figures from the Roman Empire. Roman era stone carving depicts sailors on a boat. Map depicts the line between the Roman Empire and barbarians. Bas relief depicts Roman soldiers engaging in battle with barbarians and barbarians looting items during a siege. Ruins of Roman architecture in present day Cologne, Germany. Stone carving of the Capitoline wolf nursing Romulus and Remus. Animated map shows Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Christian cross shines over the Roman Colosseum. Stone carving of barbarians taking over the former Roman empire. The Mausoleum of Theodoric (Mausoleo di Teodorico, Via delle Industrie, 14, 48122 Ravenna RA, Italy) in Ravenna, Italy. Mosaic art found at the Basilica of San Vitale (Via San Vitale, 17, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy). A scroll from the Early Middle Ages.
Italian and German arts, architecture, and literature from the Medieval Ages, Renaissance and the Early Modern period.
“RENOVATIO IMPERII ROMANORUM” ("renewal of the empire of the Romans") coin from the Early Middle Ages. The tomb of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II at the Vatican Grottoes below St. Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Tombs of Holy Roman Emperors Frederick II and Henry VII inside the Cathedral of Palermo (Via Vittorio Emanuele, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy) and Pisa Cathedral (Piazza del Duomo, 56126 Pisa PI, Italy) respectively. Romanesque and Gothic churches in Germany and Italy such as the Speyer Cathedral, Orvieto Cathedral, Milan Cathedral/Duomo di Milano, Siena Cathedral. Intricate carving of a fleur-de-lis in Italy. The Last Supper painting, Mona Lisa, and a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Sistine Chapel and a sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo. Paintings by Albrecht Dürer. Italian-inspired palaces in Germany. The Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio. Niccolo Machiavelli and his work “Rapporto delle cose della Magna”. Portrait of military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy (Principe Eugenio di Savoia) during the Austro-Turkish War by Jacob van Schuppen. European musicians such as George Frideric Handel, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner during the Early Modern period. Portrait of German literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Rome called “Goethe in the Roman Campagna” by J. H. W. Tischbeine. Paper with Italian words written “Goethe Le elegie romane” (“Goethe The Roman elegies” in English). Page flips to words by Goethe. The page reads "Alto sole tu stai e guardi la tua roma. Di piu grande mai vedesti e niente mai di piu grande vedrai come il tuo sacerdote Orazio nell estasi vaticino…".
Tripartite Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in Berlin, Germany. Ensuing attacks by Germany and Japan in World War II
This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. It is dated June 1, 1939 and ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. Bombs bursting on the ground. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill; climbing over rubble; and marching along a road toward a village. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Map highlights Tokyo, Rome, and Berlin. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law); Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan’s Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. German armor and artillery moving eastward. German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German troops firing siege guns. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. Battle of Britain scenes, with view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze following blitzkrieg. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Navy warship. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. Another view of the Arizona sinking. Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. Glimpse of postwar Nuremberg trial.
President Roosevelt addresses graduates of University of Virginia and talks about U.S. decision to aid the Allies.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses graduates of the class of 1940 at the University of Virginia, before the U.S. entrance into World War II. Speaking in Memorial Gymnasium, the President speaks into a microphone and addresses the University community and graduates, including his son Franklin Roosevelt Jr., who was graduating with a law degree. He speaks about the United States' decision to aid the Allies by extending to them the material resources of the United States in the war. He says that the U.S. took the decision after Italian Government's back-stab decision to engage in the war, after having earlier worked for the preservation of peace in the Mediterranean area. (Roosevelt had learned that morning of Italy's declaration of war on France.)
Volunteer Fascist Youth march to war on streets in Genoa, Italy (WW2)
Volunteer Fascist Youth march to war in Italy during World War II. Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL) members march on streets with packs on their backs in Genoa, Italy. Groups of Fascist youth gather in front of the Arco della Vittoria (Piazza della Vittoria, 1, 16121 Genova GE, Italy) in Genoa. An Italian speaker gives a speech. Civilians watch standing on sides of the street. A group of Italian women clap their hands and cheer.
Brigadier-General Antonescu and Prrince Sturdza arrive in Rome, Italy and meet Benito Mussolini during World War II.
Relations between Italy and Romania during World War II. Romanian Brigadier-General Petre Antonescu and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Mihail Sturdza, arrive at the Roma Termini Station (Piazzale dei Cinquecento 00185 Rome Italy) in Rome, Italy. They are greeted by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano. The two Foreign Ministers give each other the Roman Salute. Romanian and Italian flags festoon the train platform. Romanian Brigadier-General Petre Antonescu and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Mihail Sturdza, and Count Ciano exit Termini Station together. They review soldiers. They get in a car and drive toward Villa Madama, near the Foro Italico complex. Antonescu and Prince Sturdza arrive in Villa Madama (Via di Villa Madama, Rome, Laz. 00135). Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini receives them in the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza Venezia, 3, Rome, Laz. 00186). Benito Mussolini poses with Petre Antonescu, Prince Sturdza and Count Ciano.
