Pope Pius XII celebrates his 80th birthday with a large group of children from 40 countries around the world. Pope Pius XII walks into a room. Children surprise Pope Pius XII with flowers. Women in black veils and dresses accompany the children during the papal birthday party. Priests and Vatican officials are present in the celebration. Young children present flowers and a birthday cake to the pontiff. Pope Pius XII talks to young children. Children perform a dance for the pope. Pope Pius XII blesses the children.
General Mark W. Clark boards a plane and arrives at Milan Airport, at the end of World War II. General Willis D. Crittenberger greets him. General Clark, Lieutenant General Sir Richard L. G. McCreery and General Crittenberger sit in a Jeep. They inspect honor guard composed of troops and tanks of various nationalities including South African, British, Brazilian etc.
Benito Mussolini arrives and presents prizes to the Battle of Wheat winners in Rome's Argentina Theater. Dignitaries and guests at a big amphitheater stand and welcome Italian dictator Mussolini. Prize winners arrive one after the other, he shakes hands and presents the prizes.
On the island of Sardinia, men walking and driving sheep across the mountains of swiftly melting snow which is turning into raging floods. A white lamb follows other sheep in the snow. Lamb with its mother. View of crane in water. Houses and lakes in the island shown. Mudslides destroying houses. Italian man operates a front-end loader to scoop mud. Italian men arrange stones to create a barrier. Bulldozer clears mud in Italian town. House facade falls down.
Crowds assemble at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Pope John XXIII carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella) during a procession. Pope John XXIII wears the triple papal tiara during the procession. Papal Swiss Guards flank the Pope’s entourage during the procession. The glass caskets of two saints are on display inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The two caskets contain the bodies of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco, Catholic priest, educator, and founder of the Salesian Order. Priests watching the veneration of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco from the Saint Peter’s Square. Pope John XXIII prays before the coffins of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco.
General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo in Sicily and meets with Catholic Church Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working and using dynamite charges in mountain side to more quickly build a road bed for advancing supplies. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured Italian soldiers and Italian officers are marched as prisoners of war in Sicily.
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