Preparations for naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War 2. Italian fighter Reggiane Re 2000 Falco aircraft taxi on an airfield. Bombs on the airfield. Italian ground crew place a camera in the wing of a Navy S79 trimotor bomber, that then taxis and takes off from airfield at Trapani. Italian crews board MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) at a Sicilian harbor. The MASs pull away from the harbor. Crew members aboard the MASs heading out to attack British convoys in the Strait of Sicily. An Italian submarine submerging.
In Venice, Italy, point of view shots from a moving gondola as it travels along the canals of the city. Views of other gondolas and the men operating them (gondoliers). Bridges, buildings, and other gondolas and boats seen from the water. Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge) seen from the canal. (Amateur home movie.)
Mechanized smoke screen surrounds the harbor of Palermo, Italy during World War 2. Thick smoke screen, provided by the 69th and 78th Chemical Smoke Generator Companies of the United States Army, covers the view of Palermo old town, the Gulf of Mondello, and the nearby Palermo mountain range.
Italian fascist supporters (also known as the “Black Shirts”) march with black flags in Piazza Venezia, the central hub of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, during World War 2. Behind the fascist rally is the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (also known in Italian as the Altare della Patria or “Altar of the Fatherland”). Italian men in fashionable two-piece suits march down from the Via 4 de Novembre street towards Piazza Venezia. Italians marching towards Piazza Venezia in the Parco di Colle Oppio (Oppian hill) near the Roman Colosseum. Italian crowds with flags walk to Piazza Venezia in the Via dei Fori Imperiali near the Roman Colosseum, Roman Forum and the Capitoline Hill. Fascist supporters crowd the whole Piazza Venezia as seen from the Altar of the Fatherland. The Palazzo Bonaparte, Basilica di San Marco, Via del Corso and the Generali Assicurazioni Insurance Company Rome headquarters can be seen from the Altar of the Fatherland. Crowds waving the royal Italian flag cheer. Fascist supporters hold placards while marching in Via del Corso, the main shopping street in Rome linking to Piazza Venezia. Crowds cheer in front of the Palazzo Venezia, the office of Italian Prime Minister and il Duce, Benito Mussolini. Benito Mussolini emerges from his iconic balcony in the Sala del Mappamondo of the Palazzo Venezia. From his balcony in Palazzo Venezia, Benito Mussolini delivers his notable speech declaring war on France and Great Britain. Italians cheer on Benito Mussolini after he delivers his speech from the balcony. Royal Italian flag flies in the Altar of the Fatherland as crowds gather to listen to Benito Mussolini’s speech in Palazzo Venezia. Italians cheer on Benito Mussolini emerging in balcony with an Italian official. Mussolini’s balcony is flanked by two fasces, an ancient Roman weapon used as a symbol of Italian fascism. From his balcony, Benito Mussolini gives a Roman Salute to the cheering crowd.
Children playing in the playground outside the American Overseas School Of Rome (Via Cassia, 811, 00189 Roma RM, Italy). Two teachers play with students. Students smile while watching television inside a library. Boys smiling. A girl and a boy laughing together. Two girls sitting together. Students watching an Italian comedy puppet show on RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) from a Dumont television.
An ancient bust of the Roman Emperor Titus. Men passing through the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy. Chunks of stone rubble found in the Roman Forum. View of the Roman Colosseum partially obscured by trees. View of the Roman Colosseum as seen from the ground floor inside. Gates inside the Roman Colosseum for animals. Animated map depicting the trade route and spread of Christianity between Rome and the Holy Land during the Roman period. Remains of Early Christian churches found in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium). A lizard crawls on the stone wall of an Early Christian church.
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