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Civilians cross the Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy.

The Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy, in World War 2. A sign in Italian reads “Ponte Vecchio é permesso il passaggio solo per pedoni e carrette a mano” (“Ponte Vecchio is allowed to pass only for pedestrians and handcarts” in English). The sign reads 'Ponte Vecchio' in Italy near Arno River. People of Florence cross the ruined Ponte Vecchio Bridge (Ponte Vecchio, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Several buildings lined on a side of the bridge. Men walk with bicycles. People walk through a mine cleared path approaching Ponte Vecchio Bridge. Italian refugees escape from German concentration camps near Florence. U.S. Brigadier General Edgar E. Hume, 5th Army, talks to the refugees. Several refugees stand in a group. A United States soldier distributes cigarettes to Italian men. Men smoking. Shops in the background.

Location: Florence Italy
Date: 1945, January
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053879
Spring and summer collection by Lydia, Ilaria and Valdetivera at White Ballroom of Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.

Fashion show showcasing the 1967 Spring and Summer collections of top Italian designers in Florence. View of the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy) at the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. Statues at the Piazza della Signoria. Models display the spring and summer collections of top Italian designers at White Ballroom of the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy) in Florence. Collection of Lydia, knit outfits of Ilaria and formal gowns of Valdetivera displayed. Spectators watch the fashion show.

Location: Florence Italy
Date: 1967, January 19
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026415
A large crowd greets German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Florence, Italy during World War II.

German officers tour Italy during World War II. Buildings in the background at a sea shore. Men seated at a desk type documents. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with German officers in his private railroad car. People gather at a railroad station in Florence, Italy. They wave towards Hitler. The crowd cheers and applauds. Hitler is greeted by officers. Soldiers stand at attention. Italian citizens gathered cheer him and applaud. Hitler seated in a car passing on a street of Florence. People gather along the sides of streets. Buildings along street sides. Hitler and officials enter the Palazzo Vecchio. Scenes inside the palace, where German and Italian officials shake hands and discuss. Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa Rodolfo Graziani at a station and later at a reception. Headline of Italian newspaper Il Barcello reading "Mussolini e Hitler a Firenze!" People gather in a large number and cheer on the Piazza della Signoria. Elevated view of the crowd from roof or a high balcony of the Palazzo Vecchio. Trumpet players on balcony play to crowd before Mussolini and Hitler appear. People cheer as the Italian and German leaders appear on the balcony.

Location: Florence Italy
Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065459
People gathered during the launching ceremony of submarine SS Seawolf at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.

Launching of submarine SS Seawolf (SS-197) at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine on 15 August, 1939. Clip opens with the submarine in water post launch. Next scenes show the prior events: People look on as workers pound braces away so submarine can slide down skids. Sponsor Mrs. Syria Florence Kalbfus, wife of Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, walks up a flight of stairs beside the submarine ship with a U.S. Navy Officer. She greets another woman. The navy officer near them. The woman talks to another woman. A man standing on a ladder works on a side of the ship. Navy officers and a woman. Mrs. Syria Florence Kalbfus pulls a rope and smashes a bottle against the hull, and the submarine is launched. The submarine sliding into water. People gathered for the World War 2 era launching ceremony.

Location: Kittery Maine USA
Date: 1939, August 15
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051085
Scenes of Florence and the ruins of the Roman Forum, Coliseum, and Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.

Buildings and monuments in Rome, Italy. Renaissance paintings and sketches from Italian artists such as Leonardo da Vinci. Replica of the Michelangelo’s Statue of David at the Piazza della Signoria (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy), Florence. Closer view of the Statue of David’s face. The ruins of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Arch of Constantine as seen from the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Views of the Capitoline Hill and an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy).

Location: Rome Italy
Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675044851
Forks of Cypress plantation home and other sites, likely in Alabama, circa 1939; African American man tending a large bell.

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture documentary "The Land." A seemingly abandoned, dilapidated house at an unidentified farm or former plantation location, possibly in Alabama, during the Great Depression. Spanish moss hanging from nearby trees. Views of a different, wooden, rundown house with a front porch, possibly at a different location. Scene changes again to a third different house, this one made of brick. A lone African American man emerges from double doors of the house. He walks up to a bell, cleans it, and rings it. Distant open view in front of the bell includes a valley and river (possibly the Tennessee River in western Lauderdale County, but not confirmed.) Scene changes again to show the first house and the trees with Spanish Moss. View returns to the location with the man tending the bell. Next scene shows the Forks of Cypress plantation house in Florence Alabama, (Lauderdale County). View of the old main Greek Revival Forks of Cypress house built in 1830 for James Jackson. View of the west elevation of the house. The smokehouse is seen behind and to the side of the main house. A clothes line with clothes on it is beside the smokehouse. Chickens walk on the porch of the house, past its tall colonnade of 24 ionic columns. (Note: The house burned completely in a 1966 fire). Next scene is again the elderly African American man at the brick house location. He looks around, mumbling to himself, walks back towards the house, and pauses on the front steps. The first wooden house with Spanish moss in nearby trees is shown again. Scene returns to the elderly African American man who enters the brick house and closes the doors behind him. Film directed and narrated by Robert Flaherty.

Location: Florence Alabama USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021571
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