Bishop Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in the Vatican City. Spellman walks holding a crucifix towards Saint Peter's Basilica. A man holds the U.S. flag. Buildings in the background. Other people walk with Spellman. They enter the basilica and Spellman performs religious rites. People pray in the basilica. Spellman meets Pope Pius XII and they discuss amongst themselves.
Pope Pius XII is seen with New York's Joseph Francis Cardinal Spellman before the former’s death. A large crowd assembled in Rome. The body of Pope Pius XII lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Crowds pass and pay their last respects. Two Vatican Guards stand by the bier. Scene shifts to crowds filling the St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. The College of Cardinals meets to elect Angelo Cardinal Roncalli who takes on the name Pope John XXIII. Church bells peal. Pope John XXIII stands and blesses the huge crowd from the balcony.
United States Army General George S. Patton Jr. examines a field map with other army officers under a camouflaged netting during the Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. General Patton points to map while military officers listen. Hundreds of Italian prisoners-of-war, holding white flags, march through the devastated streets of Messina, Sicily. A United States military jeep drives on the road near prisoners. General George S. Patton is smiling with other military officials. General George S. Patton, Major General Lucian K. Truscott, and General Hobart S. Gay in conversation beside a military jeep in Palermo. General George S. Patton, while seated in the passenger seat of jeep, talks to an officer. A United States Army cameraman is shooting smoke and flames from trees behind a wall. Smoke in nearby building.
Abandoned trucks in freight yard in Milazzo Sicily during World War 2. Remnants of a motorcycle. An abandoned truck with rear doors opened. Assorted military supplies in the back of a truck. An abandoned water truck belonging to the “R. Aeronautica” (Regia Aeronautica, or the Royal Italian Air Force). Empty oil barrels with Italian words. Abandoned wooden crates of lubricant belonging to the Royal Italian Air Force. Scattered vehicular and machine spare parts, truck bodies, and wooden crates are abandoned.
United States soldiers walk together in the old town area of Milazzo after the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. More United States soldiers pass by ancient stone stairs, Italian man with donkey, and more curious townspeople. United States soldier pulls a mule carrying supplies. Soldiers pass by a church, walk up a sloped, busy street full of people.
United States soldier spins propeller of Piper Cub airplane to start before taking off in airfield near Randazzo, Sicily during World War 2. Piper Cub takes off from field for reconnaissance mission.
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