Rome, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows various places. German infantry and cavalry units march ahead in Italy after the capitulation to Allies of Marshal Pietro Badoglio. Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier approach the Italian Alps. Nazi officers, including field marshal Erwin Rommel, are seen outside a building. German soldiers mounted on a tank move into an Italian city as people wave to them. Soldiers fire, explosion occurs, and a pillar of smoke rises up. German forces occupy Reggio, Padua, and Milan. Germans in an armored personnel carrier approach the Arch of Peace/Porta Sempione (Piazza Sempione, 20154 Milano MI, Italy) in Milan. Soldiers fight in the streets of Rome. A building with a Nazi sign on its gates. German soldiers celebrate after taking over the city. They smoke. Soldiers with women outside a building and pull a kitten from their uniforms to present to her. Soldiers in a Jeep enter Rome with the Colosseum in the background.
Axis troops during World War II. Italian aviators look at a map and receive pre flight instructions. A soldier carries a cat in his pocket. Soldiers dig a plane out of snow. Ice on propellers of the aircraft. Italian pilots leave read room. German soldiers advance along ice covered area. German Volkswagen and tanks advance. German soldiers push a truck. German soldier receives instructions from an officer. A building burns. German soldiers wearing thermal gear advance on the Russian front. German Stukas in flight over the target area. Germans fire machine guns from tanks. German soldiers capture Soviet prisoners of war. German soldiers walk among wreckage of Soviet tanks and equipment after a battle.
The British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC) receives their first delivery of the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner. Employees working at de Havilland gather to witness the departure of the aircraft from the company’s Hatfield airfield aerodrome (Hatfield, Hertfordshire; 3NM NE of St Albans). The de Havilland chief test pilot, John "Cats Eyes" Cunningham, climbs the airstair to board the aircraft. The BOAC de Havilland Comet airplane, registered G-ALYP ("Yoke Peter"), taxis for takeoff. The de Havilland Comet airplane takes off from the airfield. The Comet jet airplane in flight.
The battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Various amphibious assault and support ships in harbor. DUKW loaded with dead personnel. Beach strewn with American and Japanese dead. Combat marine with a dog mascot. Marine eats food and feeds the dog. Another soldier with a cat mascot.
Lace making in Portofino, a village on the Italian Riviera. Several boats sailing on the harbor of Portofino, Italy. Panoramic views of the houses and rocky cliff facing the Ligurian Sea. Two women making lace facing Portofino’s harbor. Lace is being woven in an intricate pattern. A spider on a spiderweb. A traditional Ligurian lace doily is on display. Waves off the Ligurian sea. Ligurian women selling several lace handkerchiefs. A fashionable woman wearing a large sun hat. A woman wears a lace veil. A model wears a pearl necklace and an off-shoulder blouse lined with lace. Various designs of Ligurian lace. Two kittens stand between a lace handkerchief.
View inside pilot's Ready Room aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) during the Korean War. Intelligence officer discusses a map with a pilot from Fighter Squadron FS-191, who wears the "Satan's Kittens" patch on shoulder of his leather jacket. The pilot and intelligence officer also speak with two other fliers seated, who consult their own maps. Upon conclusion of briefing, the three fliers pick up their helmets and oxygen masks, and leave the ready room. A loudspeaker is shown, presumably in use. (Note: Squadron FS-191 is made up of former members of the Navy's "Blue Angels" demonstration team, which was dissolved when the Korean War broke out.)
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