Armed Italian Partisans escort several Italian Fascist officials, who walk with their hands raised along a street in Ivrea, Northern Italy, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Local citizens walk along beside and behind them, including some on bicycles. Another scene shows Italian Partisans escorting several soldiers, of the Italian National Republican Army, with their hands on their heads. This group is also followed by a large number of local citizens. Scene shifts to an American jeep carrying an officer and two U.S. soldiers. It is followed by an automobile, seen, later parked with another near a sidewalk, where several Italian Republican Army officers are conversing cordially with American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division.(By May 5, 1945, all Nazi German forces in Italy, had capitulated.) Italian women and children seen in a small open bus.
General Mark W. Clark and other officers of Allied Forces in Milan, at the end of World War II. General Clark, General Willis D. Crittenberger and Lieutenant General Sir Richard L. G. McCreery inspect honor guard. General Clark with other dignitaries. The party enters Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano, P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) and inspect damage by Allied bombing to the 12th century Romanesque Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio (Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, 15, 20123 Milano MI, Italy).
British Embassy bombing in Rome, Italy by terrorists after World War 2. The British Embassy (Via XX Settembre 80/a, 00187 Rome, Italy) with a gaping entranceway and its residential section damaged. The internal façade of the Porta Pia, a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, can be seen in the background. A pile of rubble at the damaged area of the embassy. People with umbrellas flock to street to see the wreckage of the explosion. Italian carabinieri investigate the explosion. Rubble and damage inside the embassy. A young carabinieri searches for evidence in the rubble. A gaping hole from the damage of the British Embassy. The explosion was caused by eighty pounds trinitrotoluene (TNT) planted in two suitcases, injuring three people.
Benito Mussolini along with other officials sign some papers. Mussolini addresses the people from a balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). King Victor Emmanuel III is also seen watching Mussolini’s speech. Pope Pius XI addresses the people from Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City. The pope is wearing the Papal Tiara. Pope Pius XI gives his blessings to the cheering crowds. Troops and cavalry in a parade in the streets of Rome as people cheer them on.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran descends stairs in a garden, with officials, in Rome, Italy. He walks a reception line and is then surrounded by reporters. He answers questions while being interviewed. He samples refreshments from a waiter. Later, at night, the Shah is seen surrounded, again, by reporters. He reads from several publications. A newspaper named 'American'. Headline reads: "Mosaddegh Flees Iran Riots. Shah Prepares Flight Home." The story is carried in other foreign language publications. Views of Hotel Excelsior (Via Vittorio Veneto, 125, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, as Shah prepares to return to Iran.
Prime Minister and Fascist leader Benito Mussolini addresses the Italian people before the invasion of Ethiopia in Rome, Italy. Benito Mussolini looks down from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). He speaks to a huge crowd gathered in Piazza San Marco in downtown Rome.
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