United States troops battle German soldiers in Salerno, Italy during World War 2 invasion of Italy. U.S. soldiers advance along a street and fire at German positions. U.S. troops fire mortars. Smoke rises from shell explosions. Italian civilians cheer as U.S. troops enter Naples. Food and drinking water is distributed by U.S. troops to Italian citizens including women and children. Smoke rises from exploding German mines in Naples several days after liberation. A wounded civilian sitting at a sidewalk. Wounded soldiers and civilians are treated by U.S. medics. U.S. Army engineers walk through rubble from bombing in the Italian city. View of Combat Infantry Rifle Badge of the U.S. Army.
Arrival of coal from the U.S. in Genoa, Italy. Ship from the United States arrives at dock. United States flag flutters in wind from the mast. Coal containers in the cargo hold. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Conte Carlo Sforza thanks United States Ambassador to Italy James Clement Dunn. Crane unloads coal.
A fashion show at the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy) in Florence, Italy. Models walk on a ramp in different deluxe ready to wear garments in the Pitti Palace ballroom. Italian models wearing oversized sunglasses and whimsical costumes. Italian models showing off fashionable velvet gowns, skirts, coats, hats, and sunglasses with different hairstyles. A model walks with a small dog. Spectators watch the fashion show.
Summer Olympics of 1960 in Rome, Italy. Enclosed stadium showing flags in the foreground. Modern apartment houses with balconies. Statues on the Foro Italico Stadium (Viale del Foro Italico, 00135 Roma RM, Italy).
Views of Italian military aircraft circa 1932, and of Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini with other officers at Ferrara Airfield in Italy. Formation of biplanes planes in flight. Larger, slower bombers high in the formation and many smaller, faster, pursuit planes in formation below them. Large number of planes and fuel trucks parked on the airfield. They are all multiwing aircraft, except for one row of hi-wing monoplanes. Mechanics are seen working on the nose and propeller of one airplane. Benito Mussolini stands on a hill with many other staff officers and looks through binoculars. He points and discusses something with one of his Generals. Italian photographer in jacket and tie, wearing knickerbocker trousers, adjusts his camera and comes forward to take photographs. Mussolini continues his observations.
American models arrive in Rome, Italy. A TWA passenger airplane parked at an airport. A group of American models climb down the airstair from a TWA plane at Rome Fiumicino Airport. Buildings in an area. The models stand under a statue of the Roman goddess Flora and pose in Piazza del Popolo (Piazza del Popolo, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). The two women wear summer blouses. The models aboard a boat in a waterway in the Villa Borghese gardens. They also wear designer clothes during the outing. Other models waving at them. Italian Navy men in sailor suits row a boat nearby.
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