U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark and General Lucian Truscott in a Jeep, following the liberation of Rome by the American 5th Army during World War 2. American soldier salutes to arriving vehicles near a gate. Allied military officials exit a door, followed by Papal Swiss Guards (wearing the distinctive renaissance-style full dress uniform) with halberds. General Clark and General Truscott visit the Vatican City. A cardinal accompanies the two U.S. generals. General Clark salutes and talks to the civilians. U.S. soldiers speak with a Swiss Guard (in regular duty service dress uniform). Crowds of Italian civilians seen smiling and cheering in Via del Corso, near the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Man walking up to Piazza del Campidoglio, the Senatorial Palace (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) is seen. Close-up views of smiling Italian men, women, and children.
On the eve of the Quebec Conference (code-named Quadrant) in World War 2. Prime Minister Winston Churchill in North America with his family in summer 1943. Churchill and his wife and their daughter, Mary, travel to Quebec in Canada. He is greeted by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. View of Château Frontenac. Churchill waves to cheering crowd and gives them his V for victory sign with his raised hand. Civilians of French descent cheer him. Mrs. Churchill is photographed by cameramen. Prime Minister Churchill and his daughter seen preparing to board a Canadian National Railways train for travel to the United States to visit with President Roosevelt.
General Joseph Warren Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China during World War II. Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) is also present. Madame Chiang talks to news correspondents.
General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo in Sicily and meets with Catholic Church Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working and using dynamite charges in mountain side to more quickly build a road bed for advancing supplies. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured Italian soldiers and Italian officers are marched as prisoners of war in Sicily.
First lady of United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, visits U.S. Base Hospitals in South Pacific areas including Australia and New Zealand during World War 2. Base hospital's wards are seen including some in thatched huts. Mrs. Roosevelt wearing Red Cross uniform. A soldier seen in a wheel chair. Mrs. Roosevelt waves goodbye to United States soldiers.
Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.
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