Italian studies and heritage of the Columbia University in New York City. A man reads a book while sitting under the statue, Alma Mater, in front of the Low Memorial Library of the Columbia University. People walking outside the Low Memorial Library and the grounds of the Columbia University (2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States). View of the Casa Italiana building (1151–1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, New York) of the Columbia University. Entrances to the Casa Italiana and its library. Entrance reads “CASA ITALIANA LIBRARY DONATED BY CHARLES V. PATERNO M.D.”. Students and visitors study and read books inside the Casa Italiana Library. A teacher approaches a young woman reading a book. A bespectacled young man reading a thick book inside the library. A young man flipping through the pages of a book. A young woman reads a book about Italian historical figures such as Dante Alighieri and Giuseppe Garibaldi. A professor holding a lecture on Giuseppe Garibaldi at Columbia University. Male students listen to a lecture. Students viewing a portrait of Lorenzo Da Ponte, the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University. Students passing through the Morgan Gate of Harvard University. Widener Library (1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States) is in the background. A woman admires a vespa scooter parked outside Harvard University. Students walking on the grounds of Harvard University. Professor Charles S. Singleton, an American scholar who specializes in medieval Italian literature, speaks about Dante Alighieri in Italian. Professor Singleton talks about Italian culture in America while surrounded by many books.
American novelist Robert M. Warren reads a book behind a stone wall with an inscription of the poem “Truth” by John Masefield. Robert Warren takes off his glasses. Students and American expats reading inside a library in Italy. An African American man reading. A young woman flips through a LIFE magazine inside a library. An old woman leaves her desk. A man pushes library cart inside the library. A hand flips through a picture book about the American Revolution.
Captured German prisoners in Paris after the city’s liberation during World War 2. German troops hold their hands up in front of Café Biard coffeehouse and Pam Pam (an American-style diner restaurant in Paris), likely in Place de la Opera. Crowds gathered to watch captured German prisoners taken away by Allied M3 half-tracks. United States tracked vehicles moving. Bell tower of Notre Dame de Paris is seen on the background.
General Charles de Gaulle with French officials in Place de la Concorde during World War 2. Crowds gather in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) to watch a parade. Men sitting on top of a statue. A French camera man shoots footage on top of a car with a sign “Please don’t kill the French cameramen”. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters marching during victory parade. French civilians sit on top of moving military and Red Cross vehicles. French civilians give the V-sign. French women and soldiers riding on an M3 half-track. Red Cross medics and nurses, some carrying flags, marching from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Red Cross medics give the V-sign hand gesture (for victory) while cycling. A young Red Cross nurse with leg injury is carried on a stretcher during parade, near Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Smiling young nurse gives a V-sign while being carried on stretcher.
French civilians take cover behind military vehicles as a German sniper attack interrupts a parade in Paris after the Allied liberation In World War 2. French civilians hide behind a French 2nd Armored Division M3 half-track during the sniper attack. Some are hiding behind a tank. Soldier makes hand gestures on top of a vehicle in front of Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Crowds disperse in front of Hôtel de Crillon in the Place de la Concorde. French people running.
U.S. Navy Edsall class destroyer escort USS Peterson (DE-152) is seen nested alongside USS Purvis (DD-709), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, on the port of the United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba. United States sailors (shirtless) over the side are seen painting a ship at the pier. View of the pier. Two sailors in small punt painting water line off port bow of USS Purvis. Sailors painting up on weather dock aboard the USS Purvis. Both USS Peterson and USS Purvis are docked at the pier of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sailors perform various routine work aboard ships.
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