Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. A huge crowd walks along road in village of Angri near the volcano. People carry figure of Saint John. Houses in the background. The figures are covered with paper lire which represents the people's gift to the Saint. People sing on the way. Crowd throws money on the figure of Saint John. Men, women and children walk along the road.
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.
Liberation of Rome by the Allies during World War II. Allied soldiers in Jeeps drive on the streets of Rome. Soldiers salute while on moving Jeep entering the Vatican City. United States Army General Mark Clark leads a convoy of Allied soldiers. French General Charles de Gaulle and retinue walk out of a building inside the Vatican. Swiss Guards with halberd follow the retinue. The Jeeps pass under a bridge. General Mark Clark with a cardinal as he visits the Vatican City. Civilians gathered on a street. A Swiss Guard in regular duty service dress uniform talks to a young United States soldier. Cheering people crowd Via Del Corso. The King Victor Emmanuel Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in the background. Civilians run on a street. People cheer and wave.
U.S. Army personnel placing clothing and equipment out in the sun to dry, following a drenching storm at their tent camp in Maragliana, Italy, during World War 2. Troops in a "chow line" receiving a meal at a mess tent in the camp.Soldiers eating inside a tent, and relaxing in the sun. Improvised outdoor shower facility with canvas sides and drums of water on top. Soldiers relaxing in their tents. One soldier dries himself after washing.
Wrecked Allied equipment in Anzio, Italy during world War II. Hood of an Allied Army jeep with an insignia and bullet holes in it. Much of the jeep has been stripped for parts. An overturned Bren gun carrier with large holes in the bottom, again stripped of usable parts. A wrecked gun carrier. A British soldier with a tire that was torn by a shrapnel.
British soldiers at a beachhead in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A British soldier of 2nd Brigade of 1st Division digs a bivouac hole. Another soldier relaxes as he drinks from a bottle of beer and then passes it to the man digging the fox hole. The soldiers drink from the bottle and continue to dig the hole. Soldiers cut logs of wood with hammer and place them across the top upon the completion of the hole. A soldier stands in the hole. A soldier works with a shovel. A tent in the background. A soldier in the hole with crates around it. A sign near the dugout reads ' Hotel Picadilly'.