Allied Invasion of Sicily in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Force(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft taxis on the airfield. American and two British officers walk past a parked B-17. American officers talks to two British officers. General of the United States Army, Dwight D Eisenhower talks to British officers. General Eisenhower waves to British officers and steps into a staff car. General Eisenhower and British officers inspect British troops. General Eisenhower talks to a British officers. United States Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell (NA-62) medium bomber aircraft fly in formation
Views of cars such as a Lancia Aprilia arriving at King's Villa in Salerno. Two guards standing at the entrance of King's Villa. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Palmiro Togliatti and Count Carlo Sforza and several other cabinet members arrive back-to-back, including S. E. Sentore, S.E. Cott, Benedetto Croce, S.E. Abb, Guilio Rodino, Pietro Mancini. An Alfa Romeo staff car. Guards rush towards the cars and open car doors for dignitaries to get out. Marshal Pietro Badoglio along with other dignitaries standing at the entrance of villa and discussing. Dignitaries entering the villa after discussion. (World War II period).
Italian civilian firemen attempt to extinguish fire in Red-Cross truck and jeep which was shelled by enemy in Carrara-Massa area during World War II. Firemen hosing up Red-Cross truck and jeep. Men push the jeep.
Cardinal Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli being acclaimed as Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, Rome. Rites being performed at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome to mark the passing of Pope Pius XI. The new Pope stands in a balcony with other dignitaries. Pope Pius XII wearing the papal tiara. Bells ringing in the Vatican. View of Saint Peter’s Basilica and Saint Peter’s Square. Italian women and a boy wearing black kneel in prayer at Saint Peter’s Square. Altar servers and Swiss Guards leading a procession inside the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Pope Pius XII carried on the sedia gestatoria blessing the crowds. Pope Pius XII seated while being flanked by the papal flabella (ostrich feather fans) in the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. A priest crowns Pope Pius XII with the papal tiara. Pope Pius XII blesses the large crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square (00120 Vatican City) to greet him.
A film on Pope Pius XII blessing the U.S. troops after liberation of Rome during World War II. Visitors strolling in St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). View of St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Pius XII seated on ceremonial throne and shaking hands with the soldiers around him. Pope Pius XII is being carried on a sedia gestatoria by sediari. The Pope blesses the soldiers as he passes them. The Pope seated on the throne and the priests standing on either side. Pope Pius XII delivers a speech in English. The soldiers listening to the Pope. The Pope blesses the men. Pope Pius XII seated on the throne being taken through the men gathering around.
Surrendering Italian troops passing through Udine, Italy, after the battle of Caporetto, in World War 1. They are unarmed and accompanied by several armed Austro-Hungarian soldiers, wearing white armbands. They pause for refreshments at a wooden building. View from rear of open truck as it drives out of town. Many pieces of damaged and destroyed guns and vehicles at sides of road. Austro-Hungarian troops moving along a road while Italian refugees with ox carts loaded with hay and other belongings, move in opposite direction. Abandoned heavy guns and mortars in a town square. Armed Austrian Guard on duty, approached by several Austrian soldiers who hesitate so as not to interfere with cinematographer. Long line of Italian prisoners of war marching along a mountainous road in snow, with tall mountains of the Alps in background. Austrian troops along the Italian-Austrian border, with snow-covered mountains in the background. Austrian soldiers moving along roads lined with debris of war, including heavy equipment and artillery pieces, and what appears to be a steam powered artillery tractor. Austrian troops on horseback and with horse-drawn wagons arriving at rest stop.
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