View of the area around the Arno River in Florence, Italy. Pedestrians crossing the Ponte Vecchio bridge. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun's mother Fanny Braun and a woman walk by shops in Ponte Vecchio. Fanny walks up a series of steps leading to the Piazzale Michaelangelo (Viale Michelangelo, 50125, Florence Italy). View of the skyline of Florence as seen from Piazzale Michaelangelo. The tower of the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy) and the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo di Firenze, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy) are seen. Area around the Arno River. Eva's family members view Florence while sitting.
War damaged buildings in Venice, Italy after World War II. Aerial view of a harbor in Venice. A sunken ship off the harbor of Venice. Damaged buildings and ruins. A man near wreckage. Men in boats. A man rows a boat under a bridge. Containers carried on a boat. American soldiers aboard a gondola. The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy) is seen nearby. Allied soldiers on leave ride a motorboat around Venice. The United States flag hangs in front of a building. Gondoliers are rowing gondolas with United States troops and boats carrying barrels. St. Mark's Campanile at St. Mark's Basilica on Piazza San Marco (P.za San Marco, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy). View of the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale, P.za San Marco, 1, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). People including two soldiers feed pigeons.
Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. Army Private Patrick MacDonald at home in the United States speaks about his experience of being in Italy during the war. Italian houses and buildings on a hillside. Italian men work in a spaghetti pasta factory. U.S. soldiers relaxing in Italy. U.S. ships off the coast of Italy. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) at a Sicilian beach. A large number of U.S. ships off the coast of Sicily. U.S. Naval ships attacking targets on a beach during Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily). U.S. antiaircraft guns open fire against German aircraft. U.S. troops aboard ships. Wounded men are treated aboard USS Savannah (CL-42). U.S. troops aboard landing crafts underway heading for a beach. The troops disembark from the landing crafts and advance inland.
Allied invasion at Salerno, Italy, during 2nd World War. Scenes of U.S. Sherman tanks, military vehicles and troops, moving easily through Sicily. Animated map depicts allied invasion routes from Bizerte, North Africa, to two points on opposite sides of Italy mainland. Convoys emerge from smoke screens in bay of Salerno, Italy. Allied warship creating heavy black smoke screen. Decks of LSTs crammed with trooops and vehicles. Allied warships bombard Salerno coastline. Commandos, Rangers and Seabees, in first assault wave are targets of German guns and dive bombers. Pontoon boat dropped from LST, with 35 Seabees aboard, strikes a mine, and is destroyed, setting off conflagration on the LST. Other LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) discharging vehicles to the beach over floating causeways, under enemy fire. Destroyed U.S. Sherman tanks, vehicles and a U.S. P-40 aircraft , litter the beach. A Seabee uses semaphore flags to direct an LST to beach area. Seabees build shelters for war materiel and dressing stations where allied wounded are treated. Seabees continue to unload supplies to beachhead. Brief view of Lieutenant General Mark Clark, 5th Army commander, on the beachhead. Allied casualties being tended. Stretcher bearers carry wounded. Allied troops advancing on roads in Italy. Admiral Moreell, chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, concludes narration of the Seabee documentary, from his office in Washington, DC
The wedding procession of Italian Prince Umberto II and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium in Rome, Italy. King Albert I of Belgium sits with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III on a carriage ride. Thousands cheer during the procession. Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and Queen Elena of Italy in a horse carriage. Royal Guards on horseback follow the royal carriages. People watching the royal procession pass by the Fountain of the Naiads (Piazza della Repubblica, 00185 Roma RM, Italy) in the Piazza dell'Esedra (now known as the Piazza della Repubblica). The ancient basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri is seen on the background. Prince Umberto and Princess Marie Jose appear in a balcony after their marriage ceremony in the Pauline Chapel inside the Quirinal Palace (Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). A huge crowd waving to the newlywed couple.
United States Army Air Force fighter planes and B-17 bomber aircraft seen in flight, including close-up aerial views looking down on B-17 in flight. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Hustlin Hussy” of the 385th Bomb Group in flight. Views of American bombing on the German supply lines outside of Rome Italy during World War II. U.S. planes bomb railroad marshaling yards near Rome. Allied forces cover the Mediterranean Sea. Explosions seen on ground as filmed from Allied aircraft over head. Fifth United States Army advance from the Anzio beachheads toward Rome. General Mark Clark in aircraft as he inspects the operation via aerial view. Close up views of General Mark Clark after he exits airplane to inspect operations. U.S. 5th Army troops on the ground bombard German positions with mortars and artillery. Explosions seen along German lines. American soldiers seen passing through small bombed-out villages in Italy. The town of Anzio heavily damaged after bombing. Group of Italian refugees greet American troops. German prisoners of war who have surrendered are marched in Italy, including many being marched double time. German prisoners marching, passing by a sign with arrow that reads “Military Police H.Q.”. They are seen being loaded into the same invasion ships that brought the Allied forces to Italy.
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