Events in Italy in 1937. A motorcade of Benito Mussolini moves past a crowded street in Rome, Italy. Mussolini extends his arm in a “Roman Salute” from his car along the Via dei Fori Imperiali. 50,000 Italian women gather to welcome Mussolini. He addresses the crowd from his balcony in Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Women dressed in traditional Lazio attire cheer Mussolini outside the Colosseum in Rome.
Opening scene shows some Italian statesmen and naval officers boarding the Italian royal yacht Trinacria, anchored in the harbor, at Gaeta, Italy. Next, British King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and daughter, Princess Victoria, are seen posing on the Trinacria's deck, with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, who is engaged in conversation with the British monarch. Princess Victoria is the center of attention of a group of Italian naval officers. King Edward VII lights a cigarette, throws his match overboard, and smokes while the group continues posing for pictures. He shakes hands with an elder Italian statesman. The two kings converse and Victor Emmanuel III speaks to one of his officials, as Edward VII continues to meet members of the Italian party. (Reportedly, lunch was served in the saloon of the Trinacria, after which King Edward,Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria returned to the British Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert III, and sailed to Naples.)
Members of 3rd Div board LCVP at dock in Naples, Italy during World War II. Officer goes through list of names on document. Troops aboard LCVP. A man stripped to waist looks out.
Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.
Naples after the Fifth Army enters, Italy during World War II. Workers load material into a two and half ton DUKW amphibious vehicle alongside a supply ship. Worker himself climbs the hoist and drops into DUKW along with material. A DUKW drives away and another replaces it. Crowd of civilians lined near a truck for ration and food distribution. Old and young men in line wait for their chance.
Naples Italy during World War II. 8" Howitzer under cover of trees, firing at a target. U.S. Army soldiers talk on field radio phone and receive directions from a liaison plane. Soldier read maps and plot coordinates for firing of howitzer. American soldiers look through sights of the Howitzer and adjust controls. View through howitzer barrel shows rifling inside. View of liaison planes parked in a field.
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