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View of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction

View of the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction. Views of the steel through arch bridge spanning across Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Dockyards visible. Ships in the harbor. Various buildings beside the harbor and the Quay area. View on the bridge taken from the partially built roadway surface. Evening view of sunset over the harbor. Footage is circa 1930, after the two halves of the arches had been joined together, which occurred in August 1930. The road and railway tracks, completed in 1931, are under construction in this footage.

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027569
Recruits of Swiss Guards take an oath to protect the Papal Flag in Vatican City.

Papal Swiss Guards commemorate the anniversary of the defense of Leonine City in the Yard of the Belvedere in Vatican City. Swiss Guards in metal armor march with halberds. A Swiss Guard with a flag leads the march. General staff of the Vatican Army present at the ceremony.

Date: 1930, May 21
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075537
Italy surrenders; people celebrate as they raise toasts and gather in the streets (WW2)

Italy surrenders during World War II. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower salutes after Italy signs an armistice and surrenders during the war. A sign on the ground reads ' Vivailre'. Large airfield filled with parked Italian fighter aircraft lined up. Wall graffiti depicts Mussolini wearing a helmet and the word “DUCE” below. Troops march and a poster of Benito Mussolini. People make hits at the poster after the Italian defeat. People gathered in the streets. Women read a newspaper with the headline ' Italy surrenders '. People celebrate the Italian surrender. Women holding the flags of the United States and Italy cheering from a balcony. A group of Italians drinking as they celebrate Italy’s surrender. They raise a toast during celebrations.

Date: 1943, September 9
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059041
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
Celebrations in the U.S. on the surrender of Italy and the conditions in Sicily leading to the surrender.

The Allied Forces crush the Axis troops in the Mediterranean during World War II. Italy surrenders. Newspapers in the U.S. show headlines of surrender of Italy. People in the streets read the newspapers. In New York the Americans of Italian descent celebrate Italy's surrender. Roll of honor. A child holds an American flag. American and Italian flags side by side. An Allied convoy moves towards North Africa. Allied troops land in North Africa. U.S. General Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander; British General Montgomery, commander 8th Army and Lieutenant General Clark, commander of U.S. 5th Army are shown. U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Churchill meet at Casablanca. Prelude to surrender- Allied planes drop bombs on islands off Italy. Allied warships off the coast of Sicily. Fighting off the coast. Sicily is invaded by the Allied troops. Americans land on shore. The U.S. 7th Army and the British 8th Army land on Italy's mainland behind a naval bombardment. The Allied soldiers in the streets. U.S. Army Corporal Salvatore DeMarco, of Italian origin, reunites with his family after having left home at age 15. German troops surrender to the U.S. troops and are sent out of the country in ships.

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033556
Churches, palaces, bridge and other famous monuments and buildings in Venice, Italy.

A film on monuments and buildings in Venice, Italy. The main route from the oil fields of Italy to Hungary lies through Venice. A man rowing a gondola in the Grand Canal. The Rialto Bridge (Sestiere San Polo, 30125 Venezia VE, Italy) is seen in the background. The palace of Ca' d' Oro (Calle Ca' d'Oro, 3934, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy). A gondolier rowing a gondola for tourists. The entrance to Piazza San Marco (P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). The St Mark's Campanile and the Doge's Palace. Exterior of the St Mark’s Basilica. People walking towards the church. The Bridge of Sighs connecting the Doge’s Palace and a prison. Italian gondoliers rowing gondolas for tourists in Venice’s waterway.

Date: 1926
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076909