United States sailors eat Italian food in Naples, Italy. United States sailors sit together at an al fresco dining table. Italian host serves pasta. Bottles of Chianti wine and bread are on the table. American sailors eating spaghetti. A sailor passes a bread to another.
Brazilian troops take readings from optical theodolite in Poretta, Italy, during World War 2. Three Brazilian troops stand on roof. One soldier holds a balloon over telescope. They note readings. Trees in the background. Snow on ground and roof. Soldier releases balloon on signal. Soldiers check flight with theodolite and take notes. Soldier adjusts theodolite. Observer with telephone calls reading from theodolite. (Note: Opening slate containing name, Sgt. Louis Cook, refers to Louis R. Cook, of the 196th Signal Photo Co.)
Major General William Beverly Campbell of United States Army in Florence, Italy. Ordnance troops in formation with band and color guard at presentation ceremony. Soldiers hold the United States flag. Campbell arrives for the ceremony. General Campbell and party review troops. They stand and salute. General Campbell presents medal to soldier while an officer call for names. (World War II period).
Major General William Beverly Campbell, Lieutenant General Mark William Clark and other officers arrives by jeep at 5th Army held buildings in Florence, Italy, during World War 2. Light snow covers the ground. General Campbell and party inspect various ordnance installations. Cars of Campbell and officers pass past building. They go to General Clark's mess hall. Campbell gets in jeep.
Gas workers strike in Rome, Italy. Gas workers sit on road. A man sits with a whistle in his mouth. Policemen stand in crowd. They help him stand. Crowd on road. They protest with placards in hand.
Film opens with view from a high point of the city of Rome, Italy. St. Peter's Basilica is seen in the background. Camera focuses on a group of men crowded together in a fenced area atop a construction project. Closer view reveals Benito Mussolini wielding a pick alongside other workers. After a moment, he puts the pick down and goes to the end of the area where he stands on something to make him visible above the others, and gives a fascist salute. View of St. Peter's from the elevated work site. Closeup of ordinary workers clearing rubble from the construction site. Film goes black momentarily and then shows the crowded work site seen in the earlier footage. Mussolini is handed the pick and uses it for a longer time than previously shown. He and others leave the work site. More views of St. Peter's Basilica. Views of trams and light traffic on a street below. More views of apartment houses and St. Peter's. Film interrupted and then shows closeup of men working on the construction site.
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