Panorama of Place de L'Opera (Place de l'Opéra - 75002 Paris) in Paris, France. Heavy traffic of horses and carriages. Horse-drawn Bus with routing painted on its roof edge reading: Gare-St Lazare-Opera-Bourse-Les Halles. The Opera House, itself, seen prominently. Only one horseless carriage is seen. It appears to be 4-wheeled bicycle with single driver on top and front open seat for passenger(s). It looks to be belt driven (right rear wheel) possibly electric.
Bombed city of Cologne (Köln) in Germany during World War II. Street sign reads 'Kaiser Wilhelm-Ring'. Destroyed buildings seen in the city. View of ruins and rubble in the city. Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) seen, its spires still standing amid the rubble all around it.
Spires of Cologne Cathedral silhouetted against sky in Cologne in Germany. In the interior of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) some damages caused by bombing is seen, during World War II. View of the front of the Cathedral.
Huge crowd gathers as the funeral procession of Michael Vengalli passes through the streets. The five year old boy was killed by gangsters in the Coll-Schultz gang war (of the mafia or mob) when gangsters in a car from the Coll gang fired on the Schultz gang on E. 107th St in Manhattan, but missed them and hit baby Vengalli and 4 other children. The bereaved family seen weeping. People look from the windows of their homes as the cortege passes.
Allied troops in Rome during World War II. A tank crosses the St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) in Vatican City. Civilians watch a jeep drive in Vatican City. Latin inscription on the base of the Egyptian Obelisk at the center of St. Peter’s Square. A United States Army truck pass by the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Jeeps and motor bikes pass by the Theater of Marcellus (Via del Teatro di Marcello, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Landmark buildings in view including Vatican dome and Piazza Venezia. Trucks driving toward the Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Huge crowd of civilians fill St. Peter’s Square.
U.S. Navy provides aircraft carrier ferry service for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War 2. View of the USS Ranger (CV-4) at sea with sunset and clouds in background. Scene shifts to the ship's company, turned out on deck in dress whites. An accompanying contingent of U.S. marines, is also seen presenting arms. Next. Rear Admiral, Ernest D. McWhorter,Commander Task Force 22, is seen conversing with Captain C. T. Durgin, Captain of the USS Ranger. Scene shifts to flight deck of the Ranger, where deck crews are readying Curtiss P-40L airplanes for flight to the former Vichy French Anfa Airport near Casablance (captured by the Allies in Operation Torch). One P-40 is named "Regina IV." U.S. Army Air Force 57th Fighter Group commander, Colonel Frank H. Mears, shakes hands with a navy officer, from the cockpit of his P-40. He then takes off. More P-40s follow. Closeup of an Army pilot in cockpit of a P-40, giving a thumbs up. P-40s forming up in flight overhead. Navy officers and sailors watch the departing P-40s and give thumbs up for approval. P-40s buzz the carrier as they depart for Casablanca, Morocco.
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