A film titled ' No hobby horses for Italian kids under new law' shows Fascist Youth Organization training boys and girls of tender age in horse riding in Rome,Italy. Boys and girls being taught to ride and control horses so as to prepare efficient members for cavalry. Kids make their horses jump over obstacles.
Flight test footage of the D'Ascanio D'AT3 Italian helicopter in North Ciampino near Rome Italy. Helicopter designed by Corradino D'Ascanio is seen with two 13 meter counter-rotating coaxial rotors. DAT3 lifts off and hovers above the ground, performing maneuvers, piloted by Marinello Nelli.
Volunteers of the Fascist Party distribute Epiphany gifts to children in Rome, Italy during World War II. A picture of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini holding a child. Presents like dolls, stuffed toys and other toys are distributed to children on Epiphany or Befana. Dog stuffed toys and baby dolls are given to boys and girls. Children and their mothers walk out of a building after getting their gifts.
People fill forms as officer helps them at the Italian Red Cross (Croce Rossa Italiana) office in Rome, Italy during World War II. An Italian woman speaks to an officer as she fills her form. Relatives of Italian prisoners of war submit their forms to a clerk. Female Red Cross employees sort out mail for prisoners of war. Photographed letters are hanged, later to be sent negatives on rolls of microfilm. Italian women typing on typewriters. Officials classify prisoners, interview prisoner's relatives and sort postal mail letters and packages. Red Cross officers pack parcels in boxes before shipment.
Crowd gather at Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy. Crowds climb stairs leading to Saint Peter’s Basilica. Horse carts and crowds are seen near the fountain in Saint Peter’s Square. Canonization Mass of Joan of Arc in Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Benedict XV leads the canonization of Saint Joan of Arc. A banner of Saint Joan of Arc is unveiled in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica after her canonization.
World War II Allied convoy underway at sea. Allied forces amphibious landing at Salerno at night, in Italy. Darkness illuminated by flashes of gunfire. Navy guns blast enemy positions and German planes. German warplanes bombing and strafing Allied ships. Several Allied ships burning. Helmsman on Allied landing craft looks back at German plane falling into sea, when he takes cover away from the tiller. General Mark Clark rides to shore in a landing craft along with his troops. 5th Army troops dig in furiously on the beachhead and dive into their foxholes as they come under German firing. British General Harold Alexander, commander of Allied 15th Army Group confers with U.S. General Mark Clark. Nurses arrive by C-47 aircraft and treat wounded soldiers. Views of destroyed German armor and artillery including German Pz.IV tank from 16th Panzer Division. Nurses and medics load Allied wounded onto landing craft for evacuation. German prisoners of war walk under armed escort and dig graves to bury their dead. Allied forces move forward on battlefront. Several Allied C-47 transport planes are seen flying low over the area.
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