The canonization ceremony of Saint Vincent Pallotti at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. A portrait of Saint Vincent Pallotti. Pope John XXIII arrives and conducts the ceremony where the Roman Catholic Church proclaims Vincent Pallotti, a 19th Century priest who founded an order responsible for saving thousands of Jews during World War II, a saint.
Pope Paul VI is installed as the Bishop of Rome. Pope Paul VI is carried into the Roman Catholic Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, or Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, to formally take possession of the Church. Nuns, priests, and people outside the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Interiors of the Papal Archbasilica of Saint John (in) Lateran. As the Pontiff, Pope Paul VI is also Bishop of Rome, and he intends to make periodic visits to his flock.
Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, nephew of King Victor-Emannuel marries Maria Luisa Gandolfi, daughter of Count Carlo Gandolfi di Ricaldoni. Prince Ferdinando and his wife pose outside the Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Cappella della Sacra Sindone, Piazza San Giovanni, 10122 Torino TO, Italy). Crowd controlled by men. Newlywed couple get into car.
Allied soldiers enter Rome, Italy during World War II. A sign reads 'Roma' (Rome). United States soldiers on tanks. Soldiers hide behind tank and firing with rifles. German soldier surrenders to the Allies near Frosinone, Lazio Region. A man seen in a trench. Soldiers near railroad tracks. A man carried on stretcher. Ruins and wrecked vehicles seen. Damaged buildings in view. Fire and a pillar of smoke rise in the sky.
Naval Academy of Southern Italy training cadets to become Officers in Italian Merchant Marine. Italian naval cadets performing different training tasks on a three mast tall sailing ship.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran departing Rome Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy) for Iran, during the week of the coup in Iran toppling Mohammad Mosaddegh. The Shah boards a KLM Lockheed Constellation Flying Dutchman aircraft for the first leg of his journey, to Baghdad, Iraq. The Shah boards the plane and waves goodbye. Italian police in white uniforms (Polizia Municipale) and gendarmes (Carabinieri) control sightseers. The plane taxis and takes off. Isolated view of Lockheed Constellation aircraft being refueled over the wing.
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