Gifts given to traffic policemen in Rome, Italy. A historical building in the background. People crowd on a street. A man gives gifts to the traffic police. The gifts are kept at the center of the road in a growing pile beside a policeman on duty. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret visit Rome, Italy. They visit the archaeological site of Ostia Antica (Viale dei Romagnoli, 717, 00119 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome. They are followed by few officials and a crowd. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret then visit Villa Borghese (Piazzale Napoleone I, 00197 Roma RM, Italy). They descend the steps of Villa Borghese. A fountain in Villa Borghese gardens. Queen Elizabeth (the mother of Queen Elizabeth II) poses with a man.
Crowds assemble at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Pope John XXIII carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella) during a procession. Pope John XXIII wears the triple papal tiara during the procession. Papal Swiss Guards flank the Pope’s entourage during the procession. The glass caskets of two saints are on display inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The two caskets contain the bodies of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco, Catholic priest, educator, and founder of the Salesian Order. Priests watching the veneration of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco from the Saint Peter’s Square. Pope John XXIII prays before the coffins of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco.