World Bobsled Championship at Cortina D'Ampezzo in Italy. Entries from a dozen nations participate in the Championship. Eugenio Monti pilots his four-man bob sled down the winding, treacherous course. He brings along with his team the winning title in 30 years. Onlooker watches the race.
Pope Pius XII appears before a huge crowd during Easter in Vatican City, Italy. Huge crowds gathered at Saint Peter’s Square (00120 Vatican City) for the Easter papal audience. The Obelisk stands in the middle of the square. Easter ceremonies take place. Crowd gathered to hear the Pope's Easter message. Pope Pius XII, formerly known as Eugenio Pacelli, warns the world against communism during his speech. Pope Pius XII raises his arms and blesses the crowds. Crowd cheers as Pope is raised on his chair. Pope Pius XII blesses the crowds while raised on chair by the Papal Swiss Guards.
The meeting of Pope John XXIII, Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Vatican City, Italy. View of the St. Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) from St. Peter’s Square. Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi walks out from his car. The Shah and other dignitaries salute at the honor guards lined up outside the building. The guards hold flags, guns, and swords. The Shah enters the building. Vatican Swiss Guards accompany the Shah of Iran to meet the Pope. The Shah of Iran meets Pope John XXIII. Other dignitaries and officials also greet Pope John XXIII.
The U.S. Fifth Army in Italy during World War 2. Heavy rains slow advance of American forces. Soldier rides on hood of a jeep as Army vehicles make their way along flooded roads in Italy. A truck pulls a jeep back onto the road after it slid into a gully. Views of rivers that have become roaring torrrents. A pontoon bridge being destroyed by heavy currents. American troops assisting one who was injured in the floods. Infantrymen digging mud without much success until they get help from a construction caterpillar tractor with a large blade. A Red Cross worker struggles through the mud to carry a box filled with donuts for the troops. A carries the box, for her as she struggles to continue slogging through the muddy field. Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Commander of the Fifth Army, is seen eating one of the donuts, while standing in front of a tent, as the Red Cross worker also hands one to a Captain standing nearby. Red Cross worker passes donuts to other soldiers. Glimpse of a Roman Catholic mass being conducted by an Army Chaplain. Nearby, a camouflaged 155mm long tom gun fires at German positions on Mount Camino. American soldiers loading the gun. Other American soldiers watching the gun firing, from a somewhat sheltered position. Explosion is seen in distance from direct hit atop Mount Camino. American forces moving about during their own artillery barrages and firing mortars and bazookas. American wounded being brought on stretchers to a field hospital set up near the battle front. Doctors and medical corpsmen attend to patients in tent treatment areas. One carries supplies of blood plasma. A patient being given a transfusion. Women drawing water from a well in sight of the hospital. American infantry advancing through a gulley. A Truck carries American troops cautiously into an Italian village. German prisoners of war, under guard by American soldiers, wade through a stream on their way to the rear. Ambulances and jeeps gather near a medical reception area in a village, where wounded soldiers are brought on litters. Glimpse of local Italian civilians mingling with American soldiers.
Allied forces in Rome, Italy during World War II. Allied troops and civilians crowd in front of Trajan’s Column, Church of Saint Mary of Loreto and the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Forum of Trajan (Piazza della Madonna di Loreto, 26, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) in the center of Rome. Some people marching to Piazza Venezia, in front of the Altare della Patria. Civilians fraternize with the troops. “Assicurazioni Generali” (Generali Insurance) building on Piazza Venezia. Red Cross soldiers smoking. Crowds of Italians holding flags on Via del Corso. A soldier holds a baby. A young woman kisses a soldier. Soldiers talk to priests on St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) in Vatican City. A smiling soldier shake hands with a group of Catholic priests. The Italian flag is waved above the crowd. Medical soldiers with crosses on their helmets are seen. Civilian children celebrate with everyone. A boy searching, looking far away. A sign reading 'Radio Televisione' is seen on a building that is being ransacked.
U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark and General Lucian Truscott in a Jeep, following the liberation of Rome by the American 5th Army during World War 2. American soldier salutes to arriving vehicles near a gate. Allied military officials exit a door, followed by Papal Swiss Guards (wearing the distinctive renaissance-style full dress uniform) with halberds. General Clark and General Truscott visit the Vatican City. A cardinal accompanies the two U.S. generals. General Clark salutes and talks to the civilians. U.S. soldiers speak with a Swiss Guard (in regular duty service dress uniform). Crowds of Italian civilians seen smiling and cheering in Via del Corso, near the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Man walking up to Piazza del Campidoglio, the Senatorial Palace (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) is seen. Close-up views of smiling Italian men, women, and children.
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