Many cars parked at curb, Italian workers demonstrate at side of sidewalk, lined up, in front of the United States Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Naples, Italy. Cars are parked on the side of the road. Some men are crossing the street. A group of Italian police, with five Carabinieri and two regular Naples city policemen, chatting in group across from demonstrators. Demonstrators sitting on stone wall. in front of demonstrators, they are demanding pay raise. Two men holding a sign in Italian and English “Basta con le promesse!! No More Promises!”. Men and women are among the demonstrators standing by car. A sign reads "The American Scabs are Occupying Italian Jobs" in both English and Italians. Another sign reads, "Navy Exchange Personnel Claim Their Rights." Demonstrators clustered in group holding their signs.
Armed African American U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st lnfantry Battalion, 376th CD, 92nd Division walking through the town of Massa, Italy during World War 2. An African American soldier guards and escorts a young 14 year old German boy soldier for interrogation by an officer of the 370th Infantry. African American soldiers lining both sides of street in Italian village. An elderly Italian civilian man stands beside a young Italian girl watching the procession of soldiers. Close up of two African American soldiers seated on embankment, talking. They have ammunition boxes beside them.
U.S. Army soldiers walking on a road next to rubble and buildings in Querceta, Italy, in World War 2. US army troops walking next to a damaged wall with mountains in the distance. Troops walking near a damaged building. Two Jeeps traveling quickly under power lines, passing soldiers going the other way. Soldiers walking in a line, seen from across a field.
A few M5 Stuart light tanks, some operated by African American soldiers, drive down a dusty road in Querceta, Italy, during World War 2. They move quickly, kicking up dust while smaller vehicles travel the other direction. One tank is stopped on the side of the road. Now looking the other direction on the road, a fourth tank and a small jeep travel past some rubble and a sign saying "Querceta." A larger transport truck passes them coming towards the camera. Next is a closeup shot of the drivers of another tank passing by. Six men, one of them African American, speak in a group in front of an M4 Sherman tank. Two more men sit on top of this tank, surrounded by rubble and taller buildings. U.S. Army troops grouped up move out of the way as a jeep comes into view.
Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Roman men and women welcome United States soldiers on moving tanks. Allied soldiers enter Rome through the Porta Maggiore, also known as the Porta Prenestina (Piazza di Porta Maggiore, 00182 Roma RM, Italy). Aerial view of United States tank and soldiers entering Rome. Italian men and women cheer and welcome Allied soldiers outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Soldiers marching on the Via di S. Giovanni in Laterano towards the Colosseum. A regiment of the British Army plays bagpipes outside the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria), also known as the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), near the Capitoline Hill. Adoring Italian women reach out to soldiers on a jeep. Crowds gathered to watch Allied military vehicles drive on Via dei Fori Imperiali towards Piazza Venezia. Italians watch the entrance of Allied trucks into the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) of the Vatican City.
Two escaped U.S. Army Air Force aircraft pilots, shot down in enemy territory in December 1943 during World War II, speak with U.S. officers after their rescue in 1944. Both pilots are dressed in civilian clothing, and one wears improvised shoes. (Footage shot around the time of the Battle of Cisterna).
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