Italian factory workers sweeping the floor before starting their work as part of Marshall Plan recovery post World War II. A worker is seen polishing a machine. Workers repair and paint a cashier booth with sign “CASSA” (“Cashier”). A pair of workers cleaning a machine. Smoke rises from factory smokestack. Italian workers punch their timecards. Italian machine shop workers operate lathes. Wide shot of machine shop workers in factory.
Smoke from explosions and bombardment in Rome during World War II. Destroyed buildings and ruins in the streets. A church with damaged façade and statues. A large crowd gathered at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (P.za di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome. Pope Pius XII seen near a car surrounded by the crowd. Policemen keep a vigil. Motorists and cyclists rush through the streets. A church bell tolls in the Vatican. The Pope greets the waiting crowd from his balcony. The crowd cheers for Pope Pius XII.
An Italy campaign map shown. Street sign of Cassino appears. View of ruins of Cassino after Allied bombings in World War 2. General Albert Kesselring talks to German troops in Cassino area. Buildings in city are bombed into rubble which make cover for German troops. German soldiers see through wreckage. Artillery fire starts. General Mark Clark is seen in a tank. Allied troops fire artillery and small arms.
Allied soldiers enter Rome, Italy during World War II. A sign reads 'Roma' (Rome). United States soldiers on tanks. Soldiers hide behind tank and firing with rifles. German soldier surrenders to the Allies near Frosinone, Lazio Region. A man seen in a trench. Soldiers near railroad tracks. A man carried on stretcher. Ruins and wrecked vehicles seen. Damaged buildings in view. Fire and a pillar of smoke rise in the sky.
Naval Academy of Southern Italy training cadets to become Officers in Italian Merchant Marine. Italian naval cadets performing different training tasks on a three mast tall sailing ship.
U.S. troops of the 5th Army, with Sherman tanks, advance along a road on outskirts of Rome, Italy. Combat cinematographer is photographed by another one. Small Italian wedding party walks past parked American Sherman tanks. Italian civilians crowd around a tank as an American crew member tosses candy to them. The wedding party walks past a parked jeep. Lieutenant General Mark Clark and some of his staff walk along the road. A Major General confers with another officer. General Clark climbs into a jeep with the Major General and a Brigadier General. A Sergeant is seen in a field, where a fire burns. Two soldiers, of the 5th Army, tie messages to carrier pigeons and set them loose.
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