A Cardinal leaves for Manila from Naples, Italy. Cardinal walking and being followed by officials and clergymen on dockside. Ship off the coast the Naples.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile visits Naples, Italy. He visits the ruins of a historic site in Naples. Trotsky with other dignitaries watches the remains of ancient civilization. The party visits the remains of ancient Roman civilization and views ruins and sculptures.
A film titled 'Typhus in Naples' shows typhus striking the city of Naples during World War 2. The city of Naples shows Mount Vesuvius and buildings. A ship sailing on the Bay of Naples. Italians get off at the Napoli Centrale (Piazza Garibaldi 80142 Napoli) railroad station. A man walks through a tunnel in the slums of Naples. A horse-drawn funeral hearse. Statue of Jesus Christ. A cemetery in Naples. Mummified remains in uncovered crypts. Damaged buildings in Naples. Graves in a cemetery. Rubble on the streets. Medics evacuate casualties on stretchers. Dynamited bathroom. Refugees arrive in Naples. Two Italian refugee boys. Dead bodies on the side of a street. An Italian woman suffering from typhus. A close view of lice on human skin. Warning signs for typhus in English and Italian languages.
Undersecretary of War, Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. speaks about a report from the General staff outlining the needs for combating Germany and Japan in World War 2. He cites Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, as an example of what will be needed. He continues to narrate in the background as an animated map appears showing the buildup of supplies and Allied forces in North Africa; Allied air forces flying 60 thousand sorties over Sicily and, the direct amphibious assault using 3,200 vessels. Map also depicts opposing forces of 12 (“unwilling”) Italian Divisions and 3-1/2 German Divisions. View of Allied troops carrying some of their 31 thousand casualties on stretchers from field ambulances. Allied medics attending to the wounded. Some are seen lying on stretchers in a row on the ground near a wall. Interior of a field hospital where surgeons and other medical personnel treat the wounded. Animated map shifts to Europe with Germany at its center, showing , in contrast to Sicily that was only an “outpost,”, the heavily fortified perimeter of Axis controlled areas; the axis industrial might; and the disposition of 300 German Divisions (mostly on the Eastern front) defending the region. Next, the map illustrates Japan’s defended regions in the Pacific Image returns to Undersecretary Patterson i n his office, speaking of the Allied offensives planned for next year (1944), and emphasizing their challenge and difficulty. Scene shifts to General Jonathan Wainwright and his garrison at Corregidor, in the Philippines, surrendering to Japanese forces in 1941. Japanese military camera pans over the Americans being taken prisoner. Other Americans and Filipinos are seen being marched together under guard. Scene shifts to classic views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. View of Japanese soldiers executing two Chinese civilians in 1937. Dangling bodies of persons hung by Nazis during Operation Barbarossa in Russia, in 1941 A Russian soldier comforts a little girl as he escorts her across a snowy landscape. Time bomb left by German forces retreating from Naples, Italy, in 1943, blows up a Post office building . Views of damage to building and bodies of victims. American Military Police assisting a victim. American soldiers carrying an injured civilian on a litter. Scene shifts to British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, and U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, entering a hall in the Spiridonovka Palace, during the 1943 Moscow Conference in Russia. Close-up of the American, Soviet, and British flags on a table. View of many delegates seated around the table. Close-up of Molotov, Eden, and Hull signing conference document.
Equipment and activities of United States Army engineers in Naples, Italy during World War II. View of Naples after bombardment. Mount Vesuvius seen in the background. Wreckage and destroyed warehouse buildings in Port of Naples. Damaged ships listing on harbor. Supplies being unloaded at repaired docks. Italian civilians gather water on the streets from puddles and open manhole. Engineers pump water from the Gulf of Naples. Crowds gather for water supply. Italian civilians gathering free water from pipes. Workers repair a wall. Engineers restore Naples’ water supply system. Views of the Volturno River with strong currents. A soldier rescued from drowning in the Volturno River. United States Army engineers and soldiers build a pontoon bridge over the Volturno River.
United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron performs a stunt flight demonstration in Naples, Italy as part of its European Tour during the Cold War. Blue Angels flying over Naples Bay. Buses are seen in the foreground. People crowding around the buses as they get a glimpse of the airshow. Flag of the United States flying from a flagpole between the Italian flag and the flag of Naples in mid background. A single Blue Angels fighter barrel rolling over the bay moving into inverted flight. The formation of fighters splitting up, fanning out while in mid-air, still climbing; one fighter leaves the scene to the left. The Blue Angels fighter aircraft in tight formation, flying over the Bay of Naples. Front view of the six Blue Angels aircraft in "V" formation, approaching from the background. The United States flag and the Naples flag in the foreground.
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