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Italian civilians celebrate the Liberation of Rome, Italy (WW2)

Liberation of Rome by the Allied forces during World War II. Allied soldiers are greeted by civilians. Roman Catholic priests speak to Allied soldiers in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Italian people and children clap and cheer as they celebrate the liberation of Rome from Nazi German rule. People gathered outside the RAI building. Tanks move past Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Altare della Patria, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Soldiers walk as civilians look on. Children seated along a sidewalk. Civilians milling about in front of the Colosseum. Civilians gathered around a bulletin board. Allied soldiers on a truck near the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057772
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli elected as new Pope after the death of Pope Pius XI, in Rome, Italy..

Cardinal Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli being acclaimed as Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, Rome. Rites being performed at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome to mark the passing of Pope Pius XI. The new Pope stands in a balcony with other dignitaries. Pope Pius XII wearing the papal tiara. Bells ringing in the Vatican. View of Saint Peter’s Basilica and Saint Peter’s Square. Italian women and a boy wearing black kneel in prayer at Saint Peter’s Square. Altar servers and Swiss Guards leading a procession inside the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Pope Pius XII carried on the sedia gestatoria blessing the crowds. Pope Pius XII seated while being flanked by the papal flabella (ostrich feather fans) in the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. A priest crowns Pope Pius XII with the papal tiara. Pope Pius XII blesses the large crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square (00120 Vatican City) to greet him.

Date: 1939, February
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051597
Pope Pius XII blesses Roman Catholic crowds liberation of Rome (WW2)

Crowds gathered in the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) in the Vatican City to celebrate Rome’s liberation from Germany during World War II. Pope Pius XII blessing the crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Crowds cheering in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Bells from Roman Catholic churches ring to celebrate liberation.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079437
Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd after the liberation of Rome from German control during World War II.

Liberation of Rome from German control during World War II. United States, British and Italian flags flutter in wind on a building in Rome, Italy. United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark, Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, General Lucian King Truscott and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys and French Army General Alphonse Pierre Juin. A military band plays during the welcoming ceremony of American troops. A large crowd of civilians gathered to cheer the troops. Buildings on either side of a street. A bell rings at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd in the Vatican City.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072375
Ceremonies and address by Pope Paul VI at the meeting of bishops and prelates at historic Ecumenical Council in Vatican.

Closing ceremonies and address by Pope Paul VI at the historic Vatican II Ecumenical Council in Vatican. View of the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) and surrounding parts of Rome, Italy. The church and buildings and large crowd gathered at the Council. 2,400 bishops and other prelates at the Vatican II Council revise many aspects of Church activity. Pope Paul VI arrives at the Council and waves hands to crowd arrived at the ceremony. The Pope is carried on a sedia gestatoria chair. Pope Paul VI celebrates mass and addresses the assembly at St Peter's Square.

Date: 1965, December 14
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056320
Pope Pius X is elevated to sainthood in Rome, Italy

The canonization of Pope Pius X in Vatican City. Nearly half a million people gather for the ceremony of canonization. A funeral carriage transports the glass casket containing the remains of Pope Pius X. Priests wearing Jerusalem Cross vestments watch the procession. The remains of Pope Pius X heads towards St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. A large crowd gathers at the St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City). Italians clapping. Priests carrying the canopy and banner of St. Pius X in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Pius XII sits on the sedia gestatoria while carried though by footmen. The late Pope Pius X is elevated to Sainthood. Italian woman makes the “Sign of the Cross” while kneeling on St. Peter’s Square. A man carries a girl who fainted from the heat. Pope Pius XII gives blessing to people. A tapestry depicting St. Pius X hangs in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Date: 1954, June 3
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044582