People walking wearing winter clothes in streets of Chicago, Illinois. Views of the frozen shore areas and ice on Lake Michigan in city of Chicago. Chicago River is jammed by ice. View of railway tracks covered with snow in Europe. Dripping ice on statues. People wearing gloves. Narrator describes snow events in Italy including Florence, Italy. Youth run and slide on ice on frozen river in Italy. Car passing on snowfield. Houses covered with snow and collapsed due to snowfall in Japan. Japanese men and women removing snow using spades and snow shovels. Japanese people shovel snow near homes. Men removing snow from around snowbound railroad trains where passengers had been trapped.
Transworld Airways Lockheed Constellation passenger airplane arriving from New York City and Shannon,Ireland. It taxis to parking ramp at Orly Airport, Paris, France. Closeup of another airliner shutting down on the ramp. Passengers walk across the ramp and under the tail of an Air France plane, on their way to the terminal building. They are greeted by a band of men in red huntsmen uniforms playing hunting horns. A railroad train in a picturesque setting. Patrons relaxing on a cafe terrace, at an Italian train station, as an electrified train pulls in. An excursion boat draws near to Chillon Castle On Lake Geneva Switzerland. More views of the castle, from its footpath. Ancient Greek ruins near the Mediterranean Sea. Saint Mark’s Basilica on St. Mark’s Square in the city of Venice, Italy. Many visitors walking in the square, and a flock of pigeons taking flight. The Palace of Versailles, viewed from behind statues in the garden. Chartes Cathedral, Chartres, France. St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Views of Copenhagen, Denmark, including the Little Mermaid statue. A man rowing a boat on a lake in the Alps Mountains. Snow-covered mountains. Trains running in the mountains. Border guards of Italy and Switzerland on their respective sides of their mutual border at a train station. A train transiting the border. A Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle) car and other vehicles being processed at a German border crossing.
Italian fighter pilots train in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) crewmen put on helmets and climb the ladder of a fighter jet. United States Air Force instructors and Aeronautica Militare students in Mess dress watch the fighter jet taking off. Italian Air Force pilots wave at their colleagues from the tarmac. Italian Air Force pilots visit The Alamo Mission (300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205, United States ) during their free time in Texas. A car passes by the Italian Embassy (2700 16th St NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20009, USA) in Washington DC. A man exits the Italian Embassy. Italian Ambassador to the United States, Manlio Giovanni Brosio, speaks from his office. Ambassador Brosio speaks about his role as the Italian ambassador in raising awareness of Italy in the United States. Ambassador Brosio says that Italy known in the United States not only for its art, history, natural beauty but also as a modern and productive country- the new, postwar Italy is known in America today.
Rain slows Allied armies in Mediterranean. The 5th Army troops get stranded in flooded San Lorenzo, Italy. Army vehicles drive on streets with heavy water. Trucks drive on muddy roads. The 78th infantry Division tows vehicles stuck in mud. (World War II period).
Allied soldiers in a jeep and a British personnel carrier, drive past huge letters, spelling "DUCE," painted on the side of a massive concrete wall in Messina, during World War 2. Change of scene shows American soldier examining an Italian Pavesi military tractor. He is very intested in its unusual wheels. Change of scene shows the soldier climbing into the seat of another Pavesi tractor and checking out its controls. A large building across the street displays a British flag. An American technical sergeant offers an Italian civil policeman a cigarette. A closeup of the policeman as he smokes. The sergeant points to "Heil Rommel" written on a door, and other graffiti in chalk on a wall. He pauses to examine some wrecked Italian vehicles. Closeup of the wreckage.
Italian civilian firemen attempt to extinguish fire in Red-Cross truck and jeep which was shelled by enemy in Carrara-Massa area during World War II. Firemen hosing up Red-Cross truck and jeep. Men push the jeep.
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