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Romans attend the Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) youth members initiation, Benito Mussolini gives “Roman salute” at Circus Maximus in Rome

30, 000 Romans attend the initiation of Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB), the Italian Fascist youth organization, members during the 2684th anniversary of the Founding of Rome at the Circus Maximus. Benito Mussolini is accompanied by a mustached aide, likely Constanzo Ciano. Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) youth members receive medals and double-cheek kiss from Italian Fascist officials on stage. Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) youth march with Fascist officials in Circus Maximus. Benito Mussolini gives a “Roman salute” to marching youth. A jovial chat between Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascist officials.

Date: 1931, April 21
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078528
Japanese 1931 aggression in Manchuria condemned by the League of Nations. Continued Japanese aggression in the Pacific, through World War II

Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to China with Chinese civilian people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys Kichisaburō Nomura and Saburō Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of Japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051624
Allied soldiers being welcomed by civilians as they liberate Rome, Italy during World War II.

Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. A street sign indicates the direction to Rome and other Italian cities. Smoke rises and soldiers in the foreground. Allied soldiers on foot as they head for Rome. Italian civilians welcome Allied soldiers as they enter Rome. People hold banners. Soldiers being greeted by civilians. A woman hugs a soldier.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059438
Soldiers parade at a ceremony in Rome, Italy to commemorate the participation of Italy in World War I.

Italy commemorates its participation in World War I at a Fascist ceremony in Rome, Italy. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III arrive at the Victor Emmanuel II Memorial or Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. They get off a carriage. Soldiers of sixteen regiments lined up at the memorial to commemorate the Italian participation in World War I. The soldiers march past the memorial. Bruno, the son of Benito Mussolini, dons a flight gear and gets into the cockpit of an aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. Mussolini looks on. He decorates his son and hands him a license as an aviator. Benito Mussolini hugs his son.

Date: 1935, June 5
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058966
Manufacturing and Motion Picture Film making in Italy in 1950

Petroleum storage facilities in Italy. Next, a remote-controlled arm withdraws a hot steel ingot from a furnace in a steel mill. Italian men in the mill operate levers, and a container of molten steel moves along by overhead crane and then pours contents into another container. Two steam locomotives move an open flat car containing a huge precast concrete structure. Other precast concrete structures are seen beside the railroad tracks. A harbor formed, by huge concrete rip rap precast concrete structures, is seen with a road upon it and a protected harbor with boats in it. Men work with shovels to ensure smooth movement of coal being discharged from an ore carrier. A large bulldozer drives out of a factory and is parked alongside a long line of them. Views of ships being built in the port of Genoa. Two new ships under construction anchored with huge mounds of ore piled up behind them. Workmen assembling large storage bins. Large buildings under construction surrounded by scaffolding. Views of new modern looking apartment houses (Palazzine) and commercial structures. Roma Termini train station (Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, 00185 Rome, RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. A Tabaccheria and Cartoleria shop signs behind an Il Paese newsstand. Man buys newspaper from newsstand. Man reads Italian newspaper. Italian politicians addressing huge crowds in front of the Duomo Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in Milan. Italian men browsing books inside a bookshop. Italian books for sale. A man smiles with painting behind him. A man smokes cigarette on top of a roof. Poster advertising a new Italian movie called (in English) The Way of Hope (Il Camino della Speranza). Actress Elena Varzi, who stars in the film, is seen talking with two men on steps beside a building. She chases some pigeons from the steps with annoyance. Views of movie making in Italy. A director adjusts the hat on an actor in historic military uniform. Famous Italian movie director Vittorio De Sica looks at a strip of film. A movie called "Anna," is advertised on the side of a panel truck. Traffic of trucks, cars, motor scooters, bicycles and trams, cross a bridge.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675027086
A newly appointed coalition government members meet in Rome, Italy.

A coalition government in Rome ,Italy after the end of Fascist rule. Cabinet meeting of a six party coalition government in Rome, Italy. President Paul Ramadier confers with the ministers. Allied Commander of Rome Colonel Charles. People gathered in the street as they read newspaper. A poster on the wall regarding a thanksgiving mass. United States 5th Army men enter the Church for the mass. General Mark Clark being greeted by the clergy. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058763