A coronation ceremony in the Vatican City. A large crowd gathered outside St. Peter's Basilica in St. Peter's Square for th coronation of John XXIII as the Pope. Dignitaries and civilians gathered for the ceremony. John XXIII being carried into the Basilica on a chair. Representatives of various nations at the ceremony. Pope John XXIII appears in the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. People cheer as the Pope is crowned with the Triregnum. Bells ring to mark the crowning of the new Pope.
Pope Paul VI seated on throne during Ecumenical Council's second session in Vatican City. Pope Paul VI makes statement to visit Jerusalem. Catholic church bishops seated. Bishops with Eastern Catholic patriarchs. Statue of Saint Helena by Andrea Bolgi. Pope Paul VI reads a speech. Bishops clapping. Bishops kneel in front of Pope Paul VI to receive his blessing. The Dove of the Holy Spirit on the Apse of St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Paul VI sits on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella). Attendants carry the Pope on the sedia gestatoria.
Pope Paul VI presides over Ordination ceremony of 16 new priests at Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. New priests ordained.
Messina railway station and port in Sicily after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. Damage caused to harbor area with debris outside a building. A painting shows Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Interiors of a building. Bombed building and harbor facilities. U.S. soldier stands next to Nazi German NSV sign (National Socialist People's Welfare Organization) identifying a service station. He looks at a booklet, perhaps to translate the sign (bahnhofsdienst). More views of destruction from the bombing.
Scenes of destruction at the Messina harbor and ferry terminal, in Sicily, in the aftermath of attacks by bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group in World War 2. Views of destroyed ferry boats. Interior of one ferry, with superstructure beams hanging down, and charts, maps, books, and furniture strewn about and partially underwater. View topside of complete distruction. A sign posted in German warns that photographing of the ferry to and from the port area is strictly prohibited. Destroyed rail cars at the port. Pieces of field artillery mixed with debris. A destroyed ferry slip.
Destroyed trains in railroad marshaling yard at Messina, Sicily, resulting from U.S. Army Air Forces bombing during World War 2. Cracked, broken and destroyed buildings in the city of Messina. Shattered trees and debris-filled areas. Two armed provisional Italian police, wearing white armbands, walk past partially destroyed commercial buildings. They turn and walk toward the camera. Closeups of each, and of armband identifying them as Civil Police, written in English and Italian.
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