Major General William Beverly Campbell of United States Army in Florence, Italy. Ordnance troops in formation with band and color guard at presentation ceremony. Soldiers hold the United States flag. Campbell arrives for the ceremony. General Campbell and party review troops. They stand and salute. General Campbell presents medal to soldier while an officer call for names. (World War II period).
Major General William Beverly Campbell, Lieutenant General Mark William Clark and other officers arrives by jeep at 5th Army held buildings in Florence, Italy, during World War 2. Light snow covers the ground. General Campbell and party inspect various ordnance installations. Cars of Campbell and officers pass past building. They go to General Clark's mess hall. Campbell gets in jeep.
General Mark W. Clark, other Allied officers and soldiers at the V-E Day thanksgiving services in Florence Italy, at the end of World War II. The assembly at the headquarters of 15th Army Group, reads the thanksgiving note. Flags of United States and Great Britain at the victory celebration ceremony. Soldiers at the ceremony.
United States soldiers and Italian civilians fight fire at headquarters of the 1st Battalion, 349th Regiment in Florence Italy, at the end of World War II. Soldiers look at the building set fire by a time bomb explosion. Various parts of building burning. Soldiers spray water on burning portions of building.
The Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy, in World War 2. A sign in Italian reads “Ponte Vecchio é permesso il passaggio solo per pedoni e carrette a mano” (“Ponte Vecchio is allowed to pass only for pedestrians and handcarts” in English). The sign reads 'Ponte Vecchio' in Italy near Arno River. People of Florence cross the ruined Ponte Vecchio Bridge (Ponte Vecchio, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Several buildings lined on a side of the bridge. Men walk with bicycles. People walk through a mine cleared path approaching Ponte Vecchio Bridge. Italian refugees escape from German concentration camps near Florence. U.S. Brigadier General Edgar E. Hume, 5th Army, talks to the refugees. Several refugees stand in a group. A United States soldier distributes cigarettes to Italian men. Men smoking. Shops in the background.
Italian refugees escape from a German concentration camp on outskirts of town, in Florence, Italy during World War 2. Refugees climb out of a sewer manhole in 'No Man's Land'. Buildings in the background. Men stand on the sidewalk. Men run towards them and help them out of the hole.