United States 5th Army troops enter Naples, Italy during World War II. Troops and army vehicles enter Naples. Tanks roll into the city. U.S. troops on guard. Ships and boats at the port of Naples. Soldiers in Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi. The statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen. Italian civilians greet the first units of the 5th Army entering Naples. Cheering civilians on the street.
Amphibious landings of Allied soldiers in Agropoli, Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. U.S. soldiers of 34th Infantry Division and British soldiers move down the gangplank of a ship. Soldiers embark on LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks) which move them close to a beach, at which point the soldiers disembark into DUKWs (six-wheel drive amphibious trucks). DUKWs loaded with soldiers move towards the shore. They move up a beach. Infantrymen disembark from the DUKWs and move along the beach.
The Wright Brothers promote their airplane through an exhibition flight in Rome, Italy in 1909. Italian soldiers assist with the removal of the Wright aircraft from a storage building. The Wright aircraft takes off from a launching rail. An Italian officer accompanies Wilbur Wright on the flight. Italian King Victor Emmanuel III and members of cabinet stand on an airfield and watch the show. Several of the spectators take pictures of the aircraft in flight. The aircraft goes down the rail, takes off, flies over a flat terrain and continues its flight.
Religious ceremonies in Rome, Italy. Ceremonies as Pope Pius XII takes over the Saint John Lateran. A large crowd gathers for the ceremony. The Saint John Lateran Basilica and other buildings in the area. Pope Pius XII arrives. The Pope standing in the balcony of the building. Soldiers standing at attention. The religious ceremony takes place.
U.S. soldiers in Milan, Italy, near end of World War 2 in Europe. German women, Luftwaffe girls and Red Cross women are transported to other places in trucks. German prisoners of war (POW) driving their own convoy, unescorted, heading towards U.S. lines.
United States Army soldiers in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. tanks, Red Cross trucks, and other military vehicles enter Milan. Soldiers aboard the vehicles. Italian civilians cheer. Buildings in the background. Banner hanging over the street reads “W.I. LIBERATORI”.
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