A smiling boy riding a carousel horse in Italy. Italian children smiling as they watch a carousel in town square. Children laughing and pointing at the carousel. Close up of carousel horse’s face. A horse cart passes by a Pizzicheria or grocer. A group of women talking in front of a grocer and bakery (Paneficio). A baker weighs cheese for a woman customer at a Paneficio. Canned goods for sale on display at the bakery. A shoemaker cobbler repairs shoes with his sons as customer picks repair. Itinerant vendor selling wares to townspeople.
Factory workers leaving a factory after work in Italy. Smoke rises from factory smokestacks. A smiling boy riding a carousel horse.
A group of American and British forces pose in front of a tank, waving and shaking hands. Next, the U.S. Army 48th Combat Engineers are seen working at a sector of road where a bridge had been blown up by the Germans. Soon after, U.S. Army Lieutenant Francis Xavier Buckley of the 48th Combat Engineers, wearing long coat, shakes hands with Captain Souza of the Anzio Beachhead troops. Captain Souza is seen smoking a pipe. Next scene shows a group of soldiers walking towards the camera, led by U.S. Army General Mark W. Clark. General Clark shakes hands with the first US II Corps officer to reach the link-up location. In the background, British soldiers of the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment cheer. Additional close-ups of soldiers smiling and shaking hands, marking the end of the Anzio campaign in Italy, World War II.
Animated map depicts the spread of Fascism in Japan, Germany and its neighboring countries, and Italy. Views of Italian Fascist "Black Shirts" marching bearing flags and rendering the fascist Roman Salute. Fascists participating in the famous "March on Rome" (“Marcia su Roma”) in October 27, 1922. Spectators line the sidewalks and side of the road. Brief (jerky) views of unrest and desperate crowds of citizens in post-war Italy circa 1919 and 1920 following World War I, due to unemployment and hard times. Italian people getting food at an outdoor soup kitchen. Fascists promising better times are seen parading and riding in jammed open cars. Benito Mussolini, who was elected to Parliament in 1921, is seen in a top hat, arms akimbo, standing with other officials. Glimpse of Black Shirts marching in front of the Palazzo Venezia (Via del Plebiscito, 118, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Back to Mussolini, again, who now makes some remarks to those standing with him and expresses himself with exaggerated body language. Another glimpse of Black Shirts marching. Film transitions to Germany, where Adolf Hitler is seen walking through a dense crowd of supporters and some brownshirts or SA stormtroopers. Hitler's clothes resemble a military uniform. Next, scenes illustrating the terrible post-World War 1 hyperinflation suffered by Germany during the Weimar Republic. Various Deutschmark (Deutsche Mark) banknotes in ridiculous denominations are shown. Baker puts a 460 billion Deutschmark price on bread. People trying to buy groceries during this period. German militaristic marchers. Fascists giving arm salutes as they parade in a city street. General Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg (President of Germany) is seen standing in front of Germany's top military leaders. Directly behind him is Marshal August von Mackensen, in a fur busby hat with Totenkopf (death head) insignia. Other Generals wear pickelhaube spiked helmets. Hindenburg's closest associate, General Erich Ludendorff stands just behind and to the left of Hindenburg. Glimpse of German soldiers in more modern uniforms. Next, Hindenburg is seen reviewing troops in the company of their commander. Next, Hitler is seen with a group of German civilian industrialists whose interests he promises to support. Alfred Krupp Jr. sits, with his legs crossed, next to Hitler. Glimpse of Hitler, in uniform, waving from a window. People running as a cadre of mounted police canter in formation down the street.
A film titled 'Allied drive on Italy, planes smash foe in air' shows Allied aircrafts escorted by fighter planes bomb rail junctions in Germany during World War II. Bomb explosion causes pillars of smoke to rise upwards. Nazi airplanes being shot down by Allied aircrafts. Blazing German planes descend. A map shows Allied invasion of Italy. Allied infantry units move forward in Italy amidst heavy firing. General Clark and General Alexander lead the units. Soldiers fight in the streets.
A newsreel titled 'Victory crowns Italian march through Ethiopia.' Film opens showing Italian troops riding in a column of armored personnel carriers. Closeup of Italian soldiers riding in one. An open truck moving uphill on sandy ground helped by Italian infantrymen who push on its sides. Italian soldiers manually moving an artillery piece up a shallow slope, as viewed through a thicket of bamboo. Soldiers running beside a canvas covered army truck that is out of control and rolling rapidly backwards downhill. It stops suddenly, as it hits a tree. An airplane is seen maneuvering low over some hills. Next, white smoke rises from the area. Italian infantry running freely and rapidly towards a native village of houses made mud, sticks, and thatch. Gunfire is heard. Then, two Italian officers are seen standing near some Ethiopian tribesmen prisoners seated on the ground. Italian Colonial troops carrying a wounded comrade in a sling. View from an overlooking hill of Ethiopian tribesmen prisoners in an outdoor enclosure. Closeups of some of the prisoners. Italian officers standing near a large stack of captured arms. Closeups of the stacked rifles and of an artillery piece. More prisoner closeups. Stacks of captured small indivual boxes containing rifle cartridges. Marshal of Italy, Pietro Badoglio, and another officer are seen at TC:01:06 through 01:10. Italian troops marching past the frame and propeller of an aircraft completely devoid of covering. Glimpse of Italian Camel Corps contingent. Mounted Italian cavalry dressed in ponchos and carrying the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, ride over a small bridge. A good number of Ethiopian tribal men and some women dancing and singing as Italian officers and troops pass on horseback. The Ethiopians bow in unison. The leading Italian officer salutes. Closeup of Italian officer by the Kingdom of Italy flag.. A large number of Ethiopians, some carrying large umbrellas, follow the Italians.
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