Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviews coastal defense in Italy during World War 2. Map of Italy and neighboring countries (written in German). Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring reviews a coastal defense unit in Italy. General Kesselring salutes upon his arrival and walks. General Kesselring waves his baton while speaking. A young Wehrmacht soldier is introduced to General Kesselring. General Kesselring knocks the Stahlhelm helmet of a soldier. General Kesselring boards an SS staff car. Kesselring smiles as the car drives away. A soldier uses binoculars to observe the coast. A German soldier (wearing only white underwear) uses a field telephone. German soldiers (mostly underdressed) resting in a grove of trees. German soldiers prepare and clean artillery guns. Shirtless German soldiers eating grapes in Italy.
High ranking military officials review a parade of military units from in front of the Palace of Justice (Palazzo di Giustizia, Piazza Cavour, 00193 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy, during World War I. Potted plants decorate the Palace entrance. King Peter I and King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, step into a royal carriage. The two converse briefly while they wait for the footmen to take their places in the back of the carriage. The carriage then proceeds with King Peter I and King Victor Emmanuel III. Scene shifts to front of the Palace, again, where many civilian dignitaries have gathered to watch the military parade.
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.
Buildings and monuments in Rome, Italy. Renaissance paintings and sketches from Italian artists such as Leonardo da Vinci. Replica of the Michelangelo’s Statue of David at the Piazza della Signoria (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy), Florence. Closer view of the Statue of David’s face. The ruins of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Arch of Constantine as seen from the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Views of the Capitoline Hill and an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, 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.
A group of American tourists touring Rome, Italy. Tourists ride on horse buggies in Piazza Navona (Piazza Navona, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). A woman from a horse buggy view the Fiumi Fountain in Piazza Navona. Tourists looking at Roman sights from the window inside a tour bus. Tourists alight from tour buses in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Tourists take pictures using their Kodak cameras in Saint Peter’s Square. A tourist bus leaves the Saint Peter’s Square. The Arch of Constantine (Via di San Gregorio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in front of the Roman Colosseum. Young girls smiling. A pair of Italian Carabinieri (gendarmerie) assist tourists in front of the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). A young couple holding a baby leave after viewing the Colosseum. A family with a car prepares to visit the Colosseum. Tourists in the Roman Forum (Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). A man painting ancient ruins at the Roman Forum. Ruins of a Roman building with only Corinthian-style columns remain. View of Rome skyline at sunset.
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