Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret visit Rome, Italy. They visit the archaeological site of Ostia Antica (Viale dei Romagnoli, 717, 00119 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome. They are followed by few officials and a crowd. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret then visit Villa Borghese (Piazzale Napoleone I, 00197 Roma RM, Italy). They descend the steps of Villa Borghese. A fountain in Villa Borghese gardens. Queen Elizabeth (the mother of Queen Elizabeth II) poses with a man.
U.S. soldiers insert charges into rockets and then load them into a multi-barrel rocket launcher mounted on a 37mm gun carriage, set up on the shore at Viareggio, Italy in World War 2. They load the 4.5 mm rockets into the firing tubes. Next the rockets are seen being fired by a soldier from a remote position. (Ordnance and Artillery Sections of the U.S. 5th Army developed this rocket launcher.)
Gas workers strike in Rome, Italy. Gas workers sit on road. A man sits with a whistle in his mouth. Policemen stand in crowd. They help him stand. Crowd on road. They protest with placards in hand.
Film opens with view from a high point of the city of Rome, Italy. St. Peter's Basilica is seen in the background. Camera focuses on a group of men crowded together in a fenced area atop a construction project. Closer view reveals Benito Mussolini wielding a pick alongside other workers. After a moment, he puts the pick down and goes to the end of the area where he stands on something to make him visible above the others, and gives a fascist salute. View of St. Peter's from the elevated work site. Closeup of ordinary workers clearing rubble from the construction site. Film goes black momentarily and then shows the crowded work site seen in the earlier footage. Mussolini is handed the pick and uses it for a longer time than previously shown. He and others leave the work site. More views of St. Peter's Basilica. Views of trams and light traffic on a street below. More views of apartment houses and St. Peter's. Film interrupted and then shows closeup of men working on the construction site.
Fashion models show Italian designer Heinz Riva's fall winter collection on the rooftop of a building at Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy. The Trinità dei Monti church is seen in the background. Models wear tartan coats. Cocktail length raincoat capes, brocade and silk evening dresses are seen from the collection.
Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Perte set a record on a SM-64 monoplane in Rome, Italy(1928). A large crowd on the ground to see the event. Major Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Perte are greeted by bystanders and are given flowers. A SM-64 monoplane with the wing built close to the ground. An engine mounted above the wing of the plane.
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