American novelist Robert M. Warren reads a book behind a stone wall with an inscription of the poem “Truth” by John Masefield. Robert Warren takes off his glasses. Students and American expats reading inside a library in Italy. An African American man reading. A young woman flips through a LIFE magazine inside a library. An old woman leaves her desk. A man pushes library cart inside the library. A hand flips through a picture book about the American Revolution.
A ruined and abandoned factory in a small village in Italy after World War II. A dead tree is seen in the foreground. Wind blows a tattered newspaper in front of the factory’s wire fence. The tattered newspaper is blown as far as the town center. A baker stands in front of a bakery or paneficio. A man leads a horse cart in front of the Italian bakery. Railroad track overgrown with weeds. Sign in abandoned glove factory gate reads “Proibito Entrare” (“Entrance forbidden”). Cobwebs and cogwheels inside an unused machine. A lathe, fabric rolling machine, and various machines are seen in abandoned factory. A dilapidated cashier’s booth with sign “CASSA” (“CASHIER”). Destroyed building of abandoned factory and an intact smokestack next to railroad tanker cars. A nearly abandoned Italian village street. A woman sits outside a shop. An Italian boy and his dog stand beside a booth of an abandoned carousel in deserted town square. A woman walks with a copper jug. Two women, one of them knitting, beside a stall. Other women are seen knitting. A boy plays with toy boat in a town fountain.
Two men in a row boat in Italy harbor. Italian passenger/cargo ship SS Taurinia (ex Vilarosa) docks in harbor. Sailor mooring the SS Taurinia. Italian ship captain gives orders. A tattered Italian Navy flag behind the captain. Ship workers uncover ship's hold. Sailors working on deck. A mustached Italian sailor operates a crane unloading bales of cotton and other goods. An Italian sailor smiles. Marshall Plan shipment from the United States is unloaded from SS Taurinia post World War II.
A smiling boy riding a carousel horse in Italy. Italian children smiling as they watch a carousel in town square. Children laughing and pointing at the carousel. Close up of carousel horse’s face. A horse cart passes by a Pizzicheria or grocer. A group of women talking in front of a grocer and bakery (Paneficio). A baker weighs cheese for a woman customer at a Paneficio. Canned goods for sale on display at the bakery. A shoemaker cobbler repairs shoes with his sons as customer picks repair. Itinerant vendor selling wares to townspeople.
Factory workers leaving a factory after work in Italy. Smoke rises from factory smokestacks. A smiling boy riding a carousel horse.
Liberation of Rome, Italy from German forces by Allied troops during World War 2. Opening scenes are of German occupation of Rome earlier in the war during winter campaign, and German forces marching British and American captured allied forces through the streets of Rome. The Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) seen in background as Allied forces are marched by German armed guards. Buildings along the sides of the street. Damaged buildings and wrecked equipment scattered are seen in the city. German Field Marshall Albert Kesselring looking through field glasses at battlefield. Smoke arises due to firing and bombardment from the Allied and the German army. Heavy artillery is fired including German 280mm cannon. After Germans retreat, the U.S. forces of the 5th Army enter Rome in triumph. U.S. Army General Mark Clark enters with other officers and soldiers in the city. Civilians cheering and applauding. U.S. troops and tanks passing through the city. Bells of Saint Peters basilica ringing. A large crowd gathers in Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) inside the Vatican. Pope Pius XII addressing the crowd. Prince Umberto II of Italy arrives in front of the crowd. Crowd cheering and applauding. American soldiers queue to enjoy real beer served from wooden barrels, made from supplies shipped from the United States. Smiling soldiers fill metal cups with beer. Wrecked railroad marshalling yards in Civitavecchia Italy are seen, as U.S. Army soldiers inspect an abandoned large German Krupp K5 rail gun (Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E). The gun shown here is either "Robert" or "Leopold" as termed by the Germans, also known by Allied names "Anzio Annie" or "Anzio Express".
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