Carnival day in Viareggio, Italy. The town of Viareggio holds a Carnival street celebration a day before the beginning of Lent (a solemn period of penitential commemoration until Easter for Roman Catholics). A giant float with a giant papier-mâché effigy depicting an old man and a mouse moves along a road in the carnival. Men dancing on the float. Gigantic papier-mâché cartoon figures are on display in floats. A large group of people on both sides of the float move with the procession. Buildings on both sides of the road. Caricaturized African tribesmen effigies are displayed on a float. Men in stereotypical African costumes dancing on African float. Gigantic papier-mâché effigies moving mechanically on floats. Crowds gathered on the sides watch the procession. Several floats of different forms move in the procession. Men dancing while perched on floats. Papier-mâché effigy’s eyebrows moving upward mechanically.
Construction of figures for floats for a carnival parade in Viareggio, Italy. Workmen during the construction of different figures to be decorated in the carriages of the carnival parade in Viareggio. Views of different giant figures.
Painter Alberto Trevisan paints Surrealist artworks inspired by Roman Catholic themes in Rome, Italy. Trevisan paints a portrait of a lady. Display of religious and surrealist paintings at the Trevisan's studio. One painting shows a monstrous creature with a skull head and two bodies, one male and one female, on its brains is an atomic scientist working on an H-bomb. Trevisan’s painting of Jesus Christ crucified on a human cross, Pietà, and the Ascension of Christ.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the beach of Lido (Lido de Venezia) in Venice, Italy. Churchill hands his clothes and hat to his assistants. Churchill walk on sand and swims in the seawater. Other people swim in the sea. Churchill moves out of the sea as his assistants cover him with a towel.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile visits Naples, Italy. He visits the ruins of a historic site in Naples. Trotsky with other dignitaries watches the remains of ancient civilization. The party visits the remains of ancient Roman civilization and views ruins and sculptures.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile visits Naples, Italy. Trotsky sees the nations of Europe as paroled prisoners of Joseph Stalin. He and his wife visit the ruins of historic sites in Naples. Trotsky with other dignitaries watches the remains of ancient civilization. The party walks and observes the sculptures and remains of ancient Roman civilization. (World War II period).
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