Aerial views of landmark buildings and monuments in Rome, Italy. The dome, the fountain, and the interior of St. Peter's Basilica. The Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. Buildings in Rome and Vatican City.
General strike in Rome Italy. Strikers marching into Rome, carrying signs. The Reparto Celere, a special jeep-riding riot squad of the Italian police, disperse rioters using jeeps, clubs, and a light tank. A Reparto Celere Autoblindo AB41 armored car in Via delle Mantellate. Several views of rioters being beaten with clubs. Some are apprehended.
Tourist Police marching in Rome, Italy. Two Carabiniere salute. People see. A woman asks for help to a policeman. Tourist police marching along the ruins of the Roman Forum (Foro Romano, Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Tourist police march to the Vatican to receive a papal blessing. A policeman acts as a guide to a couple inside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). A policeman helps a woman near the Roman Forum. Insignia on sleeve of a policeman reads "English". A Swedish woman takes help from a policeman. A suitcase with travel stickers such as Hotel Baltimore. Policeman sees through binoculars. The woman gives him flowers and a kiss. Italian policeman acts confused.
70,000 Fascist women parade at the Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy. Thousands of women in military uniforms and costumes parade down the Via dei Fori Imperiali from the Colosseum to Piazza Venezia. Prime Minister and Fascist leader Benito Mussolini reviews the parade from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). The flag of the Kingdom of Italy stands in the Altar of the Fatherland. Mussolini waves to the huge crowd gathered to watch the parade.
Rome fire department tests new type of fire hydrant for the city. Fire fighters spray water from a hose as Interior Under Secretary Guido Buffarini looks on. (World War II period).
The Cuirassiers Regiment (Reggimento corazzieri) honor guards escort a Royal Carriage carrying King Peter I of Serbia and King Victor Emmanuel III, in Rome, Italy, during World War 1. They proceed past the Quirinal Palace (Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). The procession also moves past the Fontana dei Dioscuri, fountain in the Piazza del Quirinale, and into the entrance of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale). Several other carriages follow, also with the Cuirassiers Regiment escorts.
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