Italian civilians celebrate liberation of Rome during World War II. A walkie-talkie operator on a street. Troops of U.S. 85th Infantry Division march in a single file in the northwestern part of Rome as children watch. Italian crowd jamming a street. Few American vehicles move through the crowd.
World War Two scenes involving U.S. General George S Patton,Jr. The conquest of Sicily in World War 2. Soldiers of the 7th U.S. Army fire artillery. Explosions in the distance. General Patton with a group of soldiers. American troops in the streets of Sicily. The civilians cheer. Patton waves as a military vehicle passes by. Military vehicles and jeeps pass on the streets. Patton with other officers. American soldiers walk past rubble in the street of Sicily. Troops march. Patton with other soldiers behind a donkey cart. General Eisenhower salutes as he reviews the troops. Patton with General Eisenhower. Patton addresses new troops in Great Britain. Patton with soldiers. Soldiers practice fighting. (Narrated by actor Ronald Reagan.)
Typhus epidemic strikes the city of Naples during World War II. Two men carry a patient on a stretcher into a hospital. Improvised history form of a patient who suffers from typhus. Rashes all over the chest of the patient. The eyes of the patient are checked. The patient's tongue is sticking out. The head of the patient is lifted up. The body temperature chart of the patient after diagnosis. Affected legs of the patient. Laboratory tests are carried out in critical diagnosis. Tube tests are carried out. A USA Typhus Commission 6-point typhus control chart.
Typhus epidemic strikes the city of Naples during World War II. Members of American Typhus control crew give DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) dustings to prisoners in a local jail. An ambulance moves out of a 'Delousing Service Depot' in Naples. Dusting crew on a rail road car. Crew from U.S. flying squadrons delouse children. Booster shots are given to U.S. military personnel. A policeman and a civilian. A chart shows the number of patients before delousing and vaccination and the fall in the number of patients after delousing and vaccination. Italian people and children on streets. Views of happy children. A boy turns the large wheel on a hand cranked barrel piano (precursor to the player piano) in the street to make it play music. Various views of Naples.
German soldiers emerge from underground bunker, move through trench to respond to Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. Leaning on a trench parapet, a German soldier fires his MG34 machine gun at incoming American troops. Allied troops and vehicles move through beachhead in Sicily during invasion.
Crowds gathered in the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) in the Vatican City to celebrate Rome’s liberation from Germany during World War II. Pope Pius XII blessing the crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Crowds cheering in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Bells from Roman Catholic churches ring to celebrate liberation.
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