Italian partisans and civilians celebrate after the surrender of German forces in Milan, Italy during World War II. A large crowd gathered in a street cheer. People wave. The Milan Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in the background. Vehicles loaded with Italian partisans move past cheering crowds. People sitting on the equestrian statue of Italian King Victor Emmanuel II. A large crowd in a piazza. People suddenly disperse and run for cover due to Fascist sniper firing.
Italian partisans in Milan, Italy after German surrender during World War II. The partisans loaded onto a tank in a street in Milan. The partisans get off the tank in front of a Eureka store and search for the sniper who opened fire on a crowd. People gather around the tank in front of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (P.za del Duomo, 20123 Milano MI, Italy). The partisans loaded in a truck move past a cheering crowd in a street. A woman collaborationist with shaved head and a bloody face from a beating. Other partisans loaded onto a truck. People crowd the Piazza del Duomo. An American soldier kisses an Italian girl in the crowd.
King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III reviews a parade. King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III inspects marching columns of the crack Tiger Division. Troops at a parade before leaving for service in the East African campaign.
U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini visit Florence, Italy. Soldiers in uniform and civilians gathered at the Piazza Della Signoria. Men blow trumpets with Florentine fleur-de-lis banners in the Piazza della Signoria. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini look out at the crowd from a decorated balcony in the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). The German and the Italian flags on poles on the balcony. (World War II period).
Italian troops on the battlefield fire artillery during World War II. Italian troops march with rifles in hand. Tanks advance on the road. Soldiers fire artillery. A group of soldiers near artillery wearing gas masks. The soldiers fire rifle from trenches. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini raises a flag. A huge crowd of soldiers gathered at the Foro Italico (Viale del Foro Italico, 00135 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. The soldiers give the fascist Roman salute. Number of flags on pole. Dignitaries in the grandstand with Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.
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