Lake Como festival organized at Lake Como, Italy. Ancient ships and battles among the cities of 12th century era reenacted during the festival. Dramatization shows a queen, her courtiers and soldiers. Soldiers fight in boats and spectators watch from shores of Lake Como. A soldier falls in lake during the fight. Sailors in a boat. Queen of the tournament honors the winner of tournament.
A dramatic roadway viaduct somewhere in Northern Italy. It is of steel and concrete construction with integral arches, and soars above a deep valley in which a river flows. The center portion of the bridge is gone, due to Allied bombing in World War 2. Camera pans over the viaduct from surrounding high terrain. (May be associated with a river named Olio, or perhaps, Oglio.)
The dead body of former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Italy. The dead body of Mussolini with blood stained clothes lying in a morgue. The name tag on the body reads "Mussolini Benito". The dead bodies of Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci placed in a seated position alongside one another.
United States Army Air Force C-47 aircraft in flight over Italy during World War II. The C-47 aircraft tow gliders while in flight. The aircraft in formation flight.
Allied invasion of Italy during World War II. Shells burst on a shore as a puff of white smoke rises. A landing craft anchored off the shore. Smoke rises from the coast. A craft underway in the foreground.
Army vehicles of U.S. 85th Regiment pass through shell torn villages in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War 2. Vehicles pushing from Monte Pastore drive through a shell torn village. Italian civilians walk through the debris. Opening scene shows local man, woman, and girl, standing in doorway of a house. An American soldier appears momentarily nearby. Next, two Army trucks followed by several jeeps, drive down a narrow street, raising lots of dust. Some Italian civilians watch from a stoop at entrance of a building. A lone jeep passes in the opposite direction. The houses of the village are made of masonry and stone. Two women and two and two children walk over some rubble. A jeep pulling a trailer speeds past the camera. In the background, two American soldiers are eating. Next to them is a stretcher, leaning against the building wall. Other supplies are also seen in the vicinity. A truck drives past. (Note: Plain paper opening slate simply says "Kurland." which, reportedly refers to David Kurland, 196th Signal Photo Co.)
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