USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on a bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. Two enlisted men hold ammunition belts and put them in a box. They load the boxes in the nose section of P-38. EM load ammunition belts into the guns in the nose section. The ammunition belt loaded into the guns in the nose section. An EM puts the ammunition belts in a box. EM stand on a ladder. They load ammunition belts in a box. 'BABE' written on the nose of P-38. An EM closes the nose section.
The signing of the Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935 in Rome, Italy. French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval seated at a desk signs the pact. Dignitaries such as French diplomat Charles de Chambrun stand in the background. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini at the desk signs the pact. He is accompanied by Baron Pompeo Aloisi. A close view of Mussolini signing. Laval and Mussolini both read the agreement.
Pope Pius XII visits the Almo Collegio Capranica (Palazzo Capranica, Piazza Capranica, 98, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), the oldest seminary in Rome, during its 500th anniversary. A large crowd gathers to greet Pope Pius XII, an alumnus of the seminary. The pope enters the seminary building. A marble plaque written in Latin on a wall. Pope Pius XII inspects gifts given to him by the Almo Collegio Capranica. A triptych depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ from the Almo Collegio Capranica to Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII celebrates mass in the seminary’s college chapel.
A fashion show in Rome, Italy. People gather inside a building. A model shows off matching jacket and bikini with geometrical patterns. Two Italian models wearing day dresses and hats. Models in afternoon wear and cocktail dresses. Models display different evening gowns. People watch the models. Several models display their dresses in a room.
Italian soldiers withdrawn from General Franco's Nationalist Army in the Spanish Civil War return back to Naples, Italy from Spain. A troopship heavily laden with troops arrives at Naples Harbor. Italian soldiers disembark from the ship. The soldiers are inspected on the dockside. A military parade - thousands watch as the troops parade down a street
Men fight with hot sprays as steam well erupts in Larderello, Italy. Scalding vapor columns rising as steam well erupts. Men battle with hot sprays in the foreground. Hot sprays seen. Mountains in the background. Men pull rope under 320degree heat and try to control hot sprays. Scalding vapors come out from pipe.
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