Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.
French President Rene Coty arrives and lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) during a state visit to Rome, Italy. President Coty arrives at Vatican City. View of the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). President Coty meets Pope Pius XII and other members of Catholic Church hierarchy, in the first peaceful visit between the French head of state and the Pope since the year 800. President Coty wears the silver chain of the Supreme Order of Christ (Ordine Supremo del Cristo in Italian), the highest order of chivalry awarded by the pope.
Protests in the Balkan Peninsula as Allied troops withdraw from Trieste and it is handed over to Italy. Yugoslavians vow to never give up Trieste as United States and British troops prepare to withdraw. View of Trieste's port, streets and a soldier guarding from behind a barbed wire fence. Sign says "Trsta ne damo". Italians in Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste. Man in car speaking to a border control officer crossing to Italy. Italian flag and writing "W Trieste Italiana". Italians see the raising of their flag for the first time since 1945. Italians with Italian flags and placards saying "Viva Trieste" and "L'Istria e Italiana" ("Istria (region) is Italian" in English). Mobs raising their fists in front of the United States embassy in Belgrade, storming the embassy following defiant speeches in which Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia threatens to invade Trieste. Yugoslav rioters break into a fight in front of the American embassy. Yugoslav policemen marshal unruly rioters in the street.
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini's speaks to a crowd during his declaration of war against the British and French in World War II. The crowd assembled in front of the National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II in Rome, Italy to hear Mussolini's declaration of war. Benito Mussolini speaks from the balcony of Venice Palace. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a speech criticizing Italy following its declaration of war on France and the United Kingdom. President Roosevelt is delivering a commencement address to a crowd in Memorial Gymnasium at the University of Virginia on June 10, 1940. Roosevelt says, "On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor." Views of the Italian Army in action during the North African Campaign of World War II. An Italian staff officer on a hill watches a battle. A long line of Italian mountain howitzers fire. An Italian officer looks through binoculars. A radio officer transmits a message. Italian Savoia Marchetti airplane in flight. The airplane drops bombs. An officer looks through binoculars. Two gun crews fire, The shells hit the earth and explode.
Landmarks and monuments in the city of Rome, Italy in the late 1930s. Exteriors of the Colosseum of Rome. Car traffic on street outside Colosseum. Views of the Monument of Victor Emmanuel II. White statues in the Foro Mussolini, Stadio dei Marmi. Some unidentifed buildings along a street. Scenes from a beach, presumably on the east coast of Italy not far from Rome. People walking on sand, and a group of beach cabana tents is seen. Next scene shows various ruins in the Roman Forum. That is followed by the gateway to the Vatican, and then a view of St. Peter's Basilica. (Amateur home movie.)
Athletes assemble for a mass gymnastics display at the Stadio dei Cipressi , later to be called the Stadio Olimpico, in Rome, Italy. Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, and key fascist officers give a “Roman salute” to crowd from the grandstand. Flags of the Kingdom of Italy wave from behind as Benito Mussolini gives a “Roman salute”. Female athletes perform mass gymnastics display. Benito Mussolini watches mass gymnastics performance.
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