A United States invasion convoy off the coast of Licata, Sicily during World War II. LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) and LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) underway in a choppy sea. A sailor at a signal light aboard a Navy ship sends a message to another ship.
Views of Taormina,and the nearby Island of Isola Bella, in the Ionian Sea, Sicily, taken by U.S. Army photographers during World War 2. The Ionian Sea coast near Taormina, seen from a high point of land. A home with cantilevered porch on a hillside. A woman looking over the wall. View of a substantial building in the countryside on the side of a hill. The door of a building with "cleared of mines," written on it and a sign reading,"Reserved for USAAF." A waterfront home with a large deck and rooftop veranda overlooking the sea. The Island of Isola Bella with strip of sand crossing to it at low tide. The adjoining bay and small rocky peninsula. A substantial government or corporate complex high on a hill. View from high on a hill, of a speedboat underway in the sea.
U.S. soldiers in bomb-damaged port facilities at Messina, Sicily, during World War 2. A U.S. Army Technical Sergeant wearing a holstered sidearm, walks past an overturned railroad locomotive. He stops and picks up an abandoned Italian Breda 30 light machine gun. He checks the weapon's action and holds it up in firing position. Another U.S. soldier rummages amongst abandoned Italian small arms. The Tech Sergeant climbs aboard an abandoned port utility tug vehicle. The camera focuses on the side profile of the vehicle. A crane on a railway is seen near a damaged ship. Chunks of concrete pier are seen and damaged port machinery. A small fire burns at the base of a hill near a rail line at the port.
Pope Pius XII after his recovery from cerebral hemorrhage in Vatican City, Rome. Pope Pius XII greets and addresses group of pilgrims from a balcony in the Vatican. Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman visits to greet Pope Pius XII. Papal Swiss Guards in uniform. After that Pope Pius XII falls due to cerebral hemorrhage.
A coronation ceremony in the Vatican City. A large crowd gathered outside St. Peter's Basilica in St. Peter's Square for th coronation of John XXIII as the Pope. Dignitaries and civilians gathered for the ceremony. John XXIII being carried into the Basilica on a chair. Representatives of various nations at the ceremony. Pope John XXIII appears in the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. People cheer as the Pope is crowned with the Triregnum. Bells ring to mark the crowning of the new Pope.
The 80th birthday of Pope Pius XII in Vatican City. Pope Pius XII is being carried into Saint Peter’s Basilica as he sits on the sedia gestatoria with large white ostrich fans (flabella) during a procession. Pope Pius XII blesses the crowds from the sedia gestatoria chair. The Holy Spirit depicted as a dove on the apse of the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Priests praying for Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII blesses the congregation during a mass to celebrate his 80th birthday.
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