A documentary depicts the importance of good guns during World War II. A town in a valley. A U.S. soldier speaks on a radio and other soldiers around him. They fire an artillery. A 240-mm howitzer being pulled by two armored tractors. Howitzer is emplaced and shells being loaded. It fires at an Italian town. A soldier looks through binoculars. They are on the radio. A view of the town in the valley. Infantry follow U.S. tanks into the valley. Smoke arises due to firing. They fire a mortar The shells of the mortar. Civilians of the town. The troops enter the town. Mine detectors being used and fighting in the streets. Damaged building in the town. Civilians leave cave to welcome U.S. troops and receive food.
Italian bi-winged aircraft parked in rows. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini walking with officers as he inspects Italian airplanes. Three formations of Italian planes perform loops in sky before WWII.
Italian society figures meet for coffee inside a villa during World War II. An elderly matron speaks to a young man. Two couples talking to one another. A large harp stands behind the elderly woman. A butler serves coffee to guests. Butler adds sugar to a guest’s coffee cup. Three women talking to one another over coffee, a young man sits beside a matron. Italian military officer speaks to a society woman. A vicar speaks to other guests. A woman wearing a fur coat speaks to her friends. A woman in black speaking to a man. Society women chatting. A man holds a cigarette. Italian Fascist military officer gallantly kisses the hand of a matron.
The Duke of Genoa, nephew of King Victor-Emannuel and Maria Luisa Gandolfi, daughter of Count Ricaldoni, pose outside a church. Crowd controlled by men. Newly wed get into car.
Crowds assemble at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Pope John XXIII carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella) during a procession. Pope John XXIII wears the triple papal tiara during the procession. Papal Swiss Guards flank the Pope’s entourage during the procession. The glass caskets of two saints are on display inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The two caskets contain the bodies of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco, Catholic priest, educator, and founder of the Salesian Order. Priests watching the veneration of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco from the Saint Peter’s Square. Pope John XXIII prays before the coffins of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco.
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.
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