The canonization of Pope Pius X in Vatican City. Nearly half a million people gather for the ceremony of canonization. A funeral carriage transports the glass casket containing the remains of Pope Pius X. Priests wearing Jerusalem Cross vestments watch the procession. The remains of Pope Pius X heads towards St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. A large crowd gathers at the St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City). Italians clapping. Priests carrying the canopy and banner of St. Pius X in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Pius XII sits on the sedia gestatoria while carried though by footmen. The late Pope Pius X is elevated to Sainthood. Italian woman makes the “Sign of the Cross” while kneeling on St. Peter’s Square. A man carries a girl who fainted from the heat. Pope Pius XII gives blessing to people. A tapestry depicting St. Pius X hangs in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Boats at waters edge in cove of Italian sea. Children play in cove as a woman stands near them. Houses on the shore. A boat underway in water, carrying Eva's women friends who drink Chianti wine from a bottle.One woman tunes a radio. Eva Braun and another woman play with a cat on a bench. Women try on lace collars. Eva's friend poses in sunlit grotto. (Note: This place in the PIazzetta of Portofino dominated by the castle. Surrounding is the Natural Park of Portofino created by Mussolini.)
High aerial views and views from a low flying airplane, of Allied warships in the bay of Naples during World War II.
Pope Paul VI meets the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsay, in Vatican City. Anglican Church Archbishop Michael Ramsay visits Rome and the Vatican. Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Ramsay sit and talk to each other during their meeting. Pope Paul VI gets up from his chair and greets Archbishop Ramsay with symbolic Kiss of Peace.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings of World War II. Wrecked boats and a sunken ship at a beach in Sicily. Italian kids walk through debris on a beach. Men examine a large wrecked boat. Italian boys in a wrecked boat. Boys swim.
Last leg of transatlantic flight by Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A Yancey arriving land in Rome after brief stop in Spain, on their flight from Old Orchard, Maine. They are seen by their Bellanca monoplane named "Pathfinder." Another scene shows Benito Mussolini, dressed in white suit and hat, standing with other officials, awaiting arrival of the aviators. (After 2 hours he must leave and doesn't get to greet them personally.) Night scene of the aviators with Italian crowd of admirers. A large bonfire is lit nearby. Photographers in the crowd.
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