Italian leader Benito Mussolini along with other officials in Rome, Italy, watches a fleet of Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 returning from Air Minister Italo Balbo’s historical flight from Chicago, United States. Pilots get off from the aircraft. Fleet of Savoia-Marchetti SM.55 in flight. Italian pilots march under the Arch of Constantine (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome and are awarded by Il Duce.
Pope Pius XI performs the Orbis et Urbis Service in Rome, Italy. A crowd of 150,000 pilgrims kneel and pray in front of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Pope Pius XI, wearing the Papal Tiara, conducts the religious ceremony. The pope blesses the crowd from the balcony of the Papal Archbasilica.
Italian Air Minister Italo Balbo in Orbetello, Italy. Air Minister Italo Balbo with officers during a meeting. He looks at documents. Savoia Marchetti S.55 flying boats lined up on a field. Italo Balbo reviews airmen lined up on the field. A priest with Balbo. Balbo in flight gear as he prepares to take off for the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
Captain Raffaele Colacicchi sets a record in Rome, Italy. An airplane parked on an airfield. Captain Colacicchi seated in the cockpit of the airplane. A man stands nearby and talks to him. The airplane in flight. The pilot demonstrates inverted flying, by speeding head down in the air for 42 minutes and 37 seconds. The plane lands. Men gather on the street to congratulate him.
Horsemen from Tor di Quinto perform stunts in Rome, Italy. King Victor Emmanuel III and other officials watch the performance at the Tor di Quinto Cavalry School. Horsemen lined up in a field. Men make their horses cross the obstacles. They jump over barriers and move down steep slopes. King Victor Emmanuel III looks on.
Primao Carnera, heavyweight boxing champion, with his family and friends at his home in Sequals, Italy. Carnera seated around a table with his family, eats, drinks and talks.
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