The Cuirassiers Regiment (Reggimento corazzieri) honor guards escort a Royal Carriage carrying King Peter I of Serbia and King Victor Emmanuel III, in Rome, Italy, during World War 1. They proceed past the Quirinal Palace (Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). The procession also moves past the Fontana dei Dioscuri, fountain in the Piazza del Quirinale, and into the entrance of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale). Several other carriages follow, also with the Cuirassiers Regiment escorts.
Attendants spread a cover across a balcony above the main entrance of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale) in Rome, Italy, during World War 1. Then, King Peter I, of Serbia, King Victor Emmanuel III, of Italy and his Queen (Elena of Montenegro) appear on the balcony. A huge crowd of people cheer them from the plaza below (Piazza del Quirinale),
United States sailors visit the ruins of Pompeii near Naples, Italy. United States sailors strolling around Pompeii’s ruins (Via Plinio, 26, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy). United States sailors walk around the Ionic stone columns of Pompeii.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Soviet Union President) Nikolai Podgorny official state visit to Italy. President Podgorny disembarks from a Soviet Union CCCP aircraft in Rome Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy). Italian Cuirassiers Regiment (Reggimento corazzieri) honor guards stand besides stairs of plane while saluting. President Giuseppe Saragat, Prime Minister Aldo Moro and other ministers welcome President Nikolai Podgorny. A soldier holds a flag. President is greeted by ministers in Rome. He shakes hand with cabinet ministers and leaves.
Italian traffic policeman directs traffic in front of the Assicurazioni Generali building on Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks in Via Veneto. The Porta Pinciana (Via Vittorio Veneto, 196, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) is seen in the background. A Hotel doorman doffs his hat in Via Veneto. People eat at outdoor café. Newspaper boy selling newspapers. A newsstand called 'Paese Sera' contains newspapers and magazines including many American ones such as LIFE, Screen Land and Modern Screen. American soldiers pose for a photograph in front of St. Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City).
Views of unusable salt marshes in Apulia, Italy. All able bodied men of the region band together in valiant effort to drain and reclaim salt march land for cultivation. People in town of Apulia leaving residences and walking through town carrying hand tools. They commence the effort in a procession led by local Priest to invoke God's blessing on the endeavor. View of church bell ringing in town church spire. Procession of men and women walking through old town street and piazza areas. They succeed with their hand tools, and cultivate the reclaimed land. View of men carrying seed bags and casting seed by hand into the newly prepared farm fields. Storm clouds overhead. Heavy rain falling. Men in jackets and hats in old town standing under overhangs in heavy rain. Heavy rains destroy their efforts and the salt marshes return. Now, they try again, with aid of heavy equipment: tractors, and bulldozers, that can do more than simple hand tools. View of heavy earth moving equipment from Italy and from the United States, driving down into salt marsh area to commence work to reclaim the salt marshes.
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