German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini visit Florence, Italy. Soldiers in uniform and civilians gathered at the Piazza Della Signoria. Men blow trumpets with Florentine fleur-de-lis banners in the Piazza della Signoria. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini look out at the crowd from a decorated balcony in the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). The German and the Italian flags on poles on the balcony. (World War II period).
Deserted streets in Paris, France during the very end of its occupation by German forces in World War II. A sign board on a street reads 'Hotel De Ville'. View of the building. People gathered around the signboard. Nazi flags flutter on poles over a building on Rivoli Street. A man walks in front of a deserted square.
Scenes from the time of the Liberation of Paris. French civilians listen to French Liberation news on radio. People read FFI (French Forces of the Interior) posters on a wall. A communist flag flutters on a window. A board reads 'Rue Des Batignolles'.
The Rocky Mountains in the United States. A mountain lodge in the Rocky Mountains. A view of the mountains. Old volcanoes in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Winding roads at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Canadian troops in Giardini, Sant' Alessio Siculo, near Letojanni, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A banner reads 'Welcome the liberators'. A truck moves down a road. Many trucks loaded with Canadian soldiers pass through a town. Military policeman of Canada wearing white armband, directs truck traffic in center of town. View of ancient Sant' Alessio Siculo Castle on top of hill overlooking the town, in the background. (Castello de Capo Sant'Alessio).
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEC) 111th Infantry contingent bivouacked on side of a hill in Crezeney, France. Their horses graze in field below. Closeup of soldiers drinking directly from a small pond, and filling containers with water from it. Battle-damaged buildings in the background. Scene shifts to U.S. 119th Field Artillery, near Mount Saint Martin in Lorraine. A gun crew is seen behind an entrenched French heavy gun (Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 GPF). Views of the gun breech and open split tail carriage. Closeup of Gunner cranking a control wheel to elevate the gun barrel. He then makes some fine aiming adjustments. Camera focuses on a soldier standing near a large tree trunk and then pans over to the gunner adjusting aim of the 155mm gun. Scene shifts to another gun crew in some shrubbery, firing a French 75 field piece.
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