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Pope Paul VI presides over Ordination ceremony of new priests in Vatican City, Rome

Pope Paul VI presides over Ordination ceremony of 16 new priests at Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. New priests ordained.

Date: 1967, January 31
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058584
Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd after the liberation of Rome from German control during World War II.

Liberation of Rome from German control during World War II. United States, British and Italian flags flutter in wind on a building in Rome, Italy. United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark, Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, General Lucian King Truscott and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys and French Army General Alphonse Pierre Juin. A military band plays during the welcoming ceremony of American troops. A large crowd of civilians gathered to cheer the troops. Buildings on either side of a street. A bell rings at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd in the Vatican City.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072375
Pope Pius XII warns the world against communism during Easter in Vatican City, Italy.

Pope Pius XII appears before a huge crowd during Easter in Vatican City, Italy. Huge crowds gathered at Saint Peter’s Square (00120 Vatican City) for the Easter papal audience. The Obelisk stands in the middle of the square. Easter ceremonies take place. Crowd gathered to hear the Pope's Easter message. Pope Pius XII, formerly known as Eugenio Pacelli, warns the world against communism during his speech. Pope Pius XII raises his arms and blesses the crowds. Crowd cheers as Pope is raised on his chair. Pope Pius XII blesses the crowds while raised on chair by the Papal Swiss Guards.

Date: 1948, March 29
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053615
Scenes of daily life in Rome, Italy

Italian traffic policeman directs traffic in front of the Assicurazioni Generali building on Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks in Via Veneto. The Porta Pinciana (Via Vittorio Veneto, 196, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) is seen in the background. A Hotel doorman doffs his hat in Via Veneto. People eat at outdoor café. Newspaper boy selling newspapers. A newsstand called 'Paese Sera' contains newspapers and magazines including many American ones such as LIFE, Screen Land and Modern Screen. American soldiers pose for a photograph in front of St. Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City).

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675027083
Rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany after World War I

Animated map depicts the spread of Fascism in Japan, Germany and its neighboring countries, and Italy. Views of Italian Fascist "Black Shirts" marching bearing flags and rendering the fascist Roman Salute. Fascists participating in the famous "March on Rome" (“Marcia su Roma”) in October 27, 1922. Spectators line the sidewalks and side of the road. Brief (jerky) views of unrest and desperate crowds of citizens in post-war Italy circa 1919 and 1920 following World War I, due to unemployment and hard times. Italian people getting food at an outdoor soup kitchen. Fascists promising better times are seen parading and riding in jammed open cars. Benito Mussolini, who was elected to Parliament in 1921, is seen in a top hat, arms akimbo, standing with other officials. Glimpse of Black Shirts marching in front of the Palazzo Venezia (Via del Plebiscito, 118, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Back to Mussolini, again, who now makes some remarks to those standing with him and expresses himself with exaggerated body language. Another glimpse of Black Shirts marching. Film transitions to Germany, where Adolf Hitler is seen walking through a dense crowd of supporters and some brownshirts or SA stormtroopers. Hitler's clothes resemble a military uniform. Next, scenes illustrating the terrible post-World War 1 hyperinflation suffered by Germany during the Weimar Republic. Various Deutschmark (Deutsche Mark) banknotes in ridiculous denominations are shown. Baker puts a 460 billion Deutschmark price on bread. People trying to buy groceries during this period. German militaristic marchers. Fascists giving arm salutes as they parade in a city street. General Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg (President of Germany) is seen standing in front of Germany's top military leaders. Directly behind him is Marshal August von Mackensen, in a fur busby hat with Totenkopf (death head) insignia. Other Generals wear pickelhaube spiked helmets. Hindenburg's closest associate, General Erich Ludendorff stands just behind and to the left of Hindenburg. Glimpse of German soldiers in more modern uniforms. Next, Hindenburg is seen reviewing troops in the company of their commander. Next, Hitler is seen with a group of German civilian industrialists whose interests he promises to support. Alfred Krupp Jr. sits, with his legs crossed, next to Hitler. Glimpse of Hitler, in uniform, waving from a window. People running as a cadre of mounted police canter in formation down the street.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023564
Pope blesses British Troops (with some Canadian Troops) at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, in World War II

Pope Pius XII meets Allied troops at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy during World War 2. Members of the British 8th Army at side of open aisle in St Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). A procession led by Swiss Guards. Papal entourage walks down the aisle followed by Pope Pius XII on a gestatorial chair (sedia gestatoria). He blesses the troops as he goes. Pope descends the chair and walks to the throne. He seats himself and addresses the troops. The troops listen to the Pope. Pope Pius XII rises from the chair and bestows blessings on the soldiers.

Date: 1944, June 20
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053883