Painter Alberto Trevisan paints Surrealist artworks inspired by Roman Catholic themes in Rome, Italy. Trevisan paints a portrait of a lady. Display of religious and surrealist paintings at the Trevisan's studio. One painting shows a monstrous creature with a skull head and two bodies, one male and one female, on its brains is an atomic scientist working on an H-bomb. Trevisan’s painting of Jesus Christ crucified on a human cross, Pietà, and the Ascension of Christ.
Track and field running race at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy. Participants run on the stadium track while crowd cheers for them. Vladimir Kuts of Russia wins the 5000 meter race in world record time.
Pope Pius XII visits the Almo Collegio Capranica (Palazzo Capranica, Piazza Capranica, 98, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), the oldest seminary in Rome, during its 500th anniversary. A large crowd gathers to greet Pope Pius XII, an alumnus of the seminary. The pope enters the seminary building. A marble plaque written in Latin on a wall. Pope Pius XII inspects gifts given to him by the Almo Collegio Capranica. A triptych depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ from the Almo Collegio Capranica to Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII celebrates mass in the seminary’s college chapel.
A fashion show in Rome, Italy. People gather inside a building. A model shows off matching jacket and bikini with geometrical patterns. Two Italian models wearing day dresses and hats. Models in afternoon wear and cocktail dresses. Models display different evening gowns. People watch the models. Several models display their dresses in a room.
Italians shopping for American appliances at an electronics store in Italy. Signs hanging on the appliance store reads “Elettrodomestici” (“Appliances”), “Frigoferi” (“refrigerator”) and “Cucini e Gas” (“cooking range and gas”). A salesman demonstrates a small refrigerator to two women and a man. People view the content of a refrigerator. A salesman demonstrates a gas range to a woman. A couple looking at a overhead refrigerator. A woman closes the lid and pushes buttons of a washing machine. A woman turns on a gas circulator heater. Woman typing on a typewriter. A saleslady shows a pair of floral slippers to a woman. Italian-made purses. Italian-made rolls of fabric in floral and modern patterns. A salesman fixes American-made nylon fabric for a customer. A women’s nightdress on display in the shop desk. Fabrics with frilly lining. Cars and pedestrians pass by the Milan Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy). View of the Breda Tower in Milan (Piazza della Repubblica, 20124 Milano MI, Italy). Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi introduces a visiting American physicist, professor and Fulbright U.S. scholar Herbert L. Anderson. Professor Amaldi and Herbert Anderson speaks about physics in front of machines. Anderson spoke in Italian, saying that he is content working with Italian scientists.
New U.S. Ambassador to Italy James D. Zellerbach receives word for his appointment in San Francisco, California. James D. Zellerbach seated with a dignitary in a hall. An official comes and gives him the appointment letter. James reads the letter. A close up of James D. Zellerbach. James holding a picture of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.