Edward Crook, American athlete and Cassius M. Clay, American boxer (later Muhammad Ali) with gold medals around their necks sign autographs at Rome Olympics. Wilbert J. McClure joins them and they look at each others medals. Crook and Clay talk together, joke, and laugh. Their coach Julius Menendez also joins them. Menendez speaks to Edward Crook.
Representatives of different countries look at pistol shoot scoreboard at Rome Olympics. Winners of small bore pistol shoot presented medals at a ceremony. Men stand on winner's stand. Winners presented flowers as flags of their nations are hoisted.
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower disembarks from a beach landing craft and gets into a Jeep on the beach with Admiral Hewitt during World War II. The Jeep is driven away. They arrive at the 5th Army headquarters area and meet with Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark and Major General Alfred M. Gruenther for strategy discussions. Military photographers and other troops are gathered around the commanders as they greet.
View of B-25 bombers flying towards Colletta and bombing the roadways there to stop the advance of the German 16th Panzer division toward allied landing parties on the Salerno beach. Bombers dropping bombs over targets below. Destroyed airstrip areas and smoke rising from the targets below. (World War II period).
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.
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