Allied troops liberate Rome from Nazi Germany during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark sits on a window ledge and discusses plans with other officers of the Fifth Army. Nazi German military vehicles with troops leave Rome. An abandoned German tank parked on a Roman street. German troops on cart pass by the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). A soldier rides a bicycle. German tanks moving out of Rome. Allied forces on Jeeps and other vehicles moving in Rome. Road signs read “Rome” and “Roma”. United States soldier in piazza directing traffic in front of the Fountain of Fawns in Montelanico. Roman buildings show damage. United States army vehicles driving on tram lines towards Rome.
German Luftwaffe prepare for action against Allied shipping in Normandy during World War 2. German Luftwaffe officials meet to discuss actions against Allied shipping in Normandy. Men placing a bomb into place in bomb bay. German mechanic uses screwdriver to tighten bomb mount. A soldier salutes a flight crew approaching a bomber at night. Luftwaffe crew members prepare their flight vests and board plane. Bomber propellers begin to move after engine starts. The night bomber (likely a Junkers Ju 88A-4 ) prepares for take-off at night. Railway guns firing at night. Explosion on rough waves on the English Channel at night. A ship’s wheel moving on a helm at night. German PT boat gun at night. German sailor uses binoculars at night. Explosion on the English Channel at night. A speeding German PT boat and wake at night. A German Ship’s Telegraph (Schiffstelegraften) made by Fritz Hecht of Kiel moving. German PT boat launches torpedo at Allied transport ships at night. A ship explodes after a torpedo attack.
Fulbright scholars attend their classes in the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Università per Stranieri di Perugia Piazza Braccio Fortebraccio, 4, 06123 Perugia PG, Italy). Students entering the main entrance to the University for Foreigners of Perugia. A professor teaches Italian to a class of foreign students. An Italian professor holds a lecture on Dante Alighieri’s writings. An elderly student asks a teacher “I want to make a gift to the family with we’re living. What would be acceptable to them?”. Teacher replies “Well anything I would say from flowers, candies, or something like that”. Adult students repeat a teacher’s phrase individually during an Italian class.
Bulldozers clearing shrubs, leveling land in Italy. Bulldozer pushing soil. A man operates a plowing machine. A man drives a road roller with spikes. A group of farmers drive tractors at a farm. White cattle looking on in the background. Men working in an assembly line of a factory. Italian workers working inside an aerospace factory. A man working on rocket. Airplanes being constructed in Italy. Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) officers inspect an aircraft being assembled. Men assemble an Italian Air Force plane. The roundel of the Italian Air Force is displayed on the aircraft. Men working inside a factory. Workers take a metal frame for a car body from a machine. Conveyer lifts transport car parts inside a car factory. Men working on suspended cars in assembly line. Man closes hood of a finished car (1957 Fiat Millecento Belvedere). A man inspects a 4 door DeSoto 1956 Firedome car in assembly line. Cars racing on racetrack. Cars parked in the middle of a racetrack. Newly manufactured cars are being transported by a car carrier trailer. A car carrier trailer passes by the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. An Alitalia Douglas DC-6B takes off from Rome Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy). An Italian journalist talks to an American man while waiting for flight inside the airport. Italian man stands up to board his flight. Passengers climb up the stairs of a TWA airstair. Italian man waves back at American friend from the tarmac. American man waves at Italian journalist boarding his flight.
German Kriegsmarine auxiliary battle cruiser Thor (HSK 4) docks in Japan during World War 2. A Kriegsmarine sailor uses a camera. Two naval officers climbing stairs. A German Kriegsmarine sailor stands on guard. The auxiliary cruiser’s captain, KzS Günther Gumprich, meets with Japanese naval officers in Yokohama. A portrait of Adolf Hitler is hanging on the wall behind Captain Gumprich. German and Japanese naval officers raising their beer glasses. Flags of Japan and Nazi Germany. A simple wooden Torii gate. Kriegsmarine officers, including Captain Gumprich, tour Japan while the cruiser Thor is being refitted. A stone tōrō lantern in a Japanese Shinto shrine. German officers inspect walking canes and observing souvenirs for sale. A rest house for German officers in Japan, with the Nazi swastika flag hanging on a flagpole in front of the property. Kriegsmarine officers resting inside a rest house and rowing boats on a lake. A Kriegsmarine sailor points to Mount Fuji (Fujisan) in Shizuoka Prefecture, near Tokyo. Mount Fuji covered with snow on top. The flags of Nazi Germany and Japan are waving in front of Mount Fuji.
Totsk nuclear exercise (codename “Snowball”) undertaken by the Soviet Army in Orenburg, Soviet Union during the Cold War. An immense mushroom cloud forms after a 40-kiloton (170 TJ) RDS-4 atomic bomb detonates 1,150 ft. (350 meters) above the Totskoye range.
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