Scenes of Venice at end of World War 2, in Europe. Closeup of Gondolier propelling boat with his pole. View of two men and a wo man, passengers in a gondola, propelled by two gondoliers, one in front and one in the rear. It passes by walled gardens in background. A group of passengers in a large gondola, with two gondoliers, passing by striped poles along edge of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. A steel bridge spanning across the canal. A motorboat passes, filled with armed Italian Partisans, flying an Italian flag. Gondola containing several British 8th Army men looking up at sights. View of Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Basilica of Saint Mary of Health).British soldiers standing on pavement in front of the Basilica with two Italian children beside them. A hotel displaying British and American flags. (The stars on the American flag are not configured correctly. It was probably locally made.) British soldiers at another hotel, next door, called "Grande Albergo." They relax on patio in the sun. One distributes mail to the others.
Workers place torches over the Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. Wide and close up views of workers climbing with ropes around their waists on the dome roof of Saint Peter's Basilica, carrying large baskets, and setting the torches in place. High view of Rome and Vatican City as seen from atop Saint Peter's Basilica. Night view as twenty five thousand flaming torches light up the Basilica to celebrate the occasion of Sir Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher becoming the First English Saints to be canonized in the Catholic faith since reformation.
Italian citizens and troops move in a procession and parade in Rome, Italy, around the time of the second Italo-Ethiopian war. People cheer on streets and gather in a public square to hear Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini address the crowd from a balcony, with an arch doorway behind. Scenes of crowd massed in front of the Altare della Patria monument.
The canonization ceremony of Saint Vincent Pallotti at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. A portrait of Saint Vincent Pallotti. Pope John XXIII arrives and conducts the ceremony where the Roman Catholic Church proclaims Vincent Pallotti, a 19th Century priest who founded an order responsible for saving thousands of Jews during World War II, a saint.
Pope Paul VI is installed as the Bishop of Rome. Pope Paul VI is carried into the Roman Catholic Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, or Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, to formally take possession of the Church. Nuns, priests, and people outside the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Interiors of the Papal Archbasilica of Saint John (in) Lateran. As the Pontiff, Pope Paul VI is also Bishop of Rome, and he intends to make periodic visits to his flock.
Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, nephew of King Victor-Emannuel marries Maria Luisa Gandolfi, daughter of Count Carlo Gandolfi di Ricaldoni. Prince Ferdinando and his wife pose outside the Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Cappella della Sacra Sindone, Piazza San Giovanni, 10122 Torino TO, Italy). Crowd controlled by men. Newlywed couple get into car.
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