A film titled 'Activities in Italy' shows the United States 5th Army soldiers entering the city of Pisa, Italy after Nazi German forces surrender during World War II. Soldiers move towards the north and move across the wrecked city. Tanks pass by the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Piazza del Duomo, 56126 Pisa PI, Italy). General Mark W. Clarke and other officers inspect the leaning tower. British anti-aircraft units cross over River Arno the next day.
Sicily and Italy invaded by Allies. Allied troops land in beach of Sicily in 1943. Airplanes drop paratroopers over Sicily. Benito Mussolini ousted in Rome. U.S. battleship at the sea. American troops advance. Italy invaded by Allied forces during World War II. Soldiers riding Jeeps. American warships underway at the sea. General Eisenhower and British officials aboard a ship. Convoy in the sea. The Italian fleet surrenders to General Eisenhower. Italian crowd greets American troops in Naples, Southern Italy.
Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.
Events in Italy in 1937. A motorcade of Benito Mussolini moves past a crowded street in Rome, Italy. Mussolini extends his arm in a “Roman Salute” from his car along the Via dei Fori Imperiali. 50,000 Italian women gather to welcome Mussolini. He addresses the crowd from his balcony in Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Women dressed in traditional Lazio attire cheer Mussolini outside the Colosseum in Rome.
Allied Forces with mechanized units and tanks enter Florence, Italy in World War II. British Army soldiers moving across Tuscan hills and countryside towards Florence. French, Indian, South African, British and Polish Allied soldiers under the command of General Harold Alexander resting and riding on top of tanks to Florence. Italian civilians greet the British and Allied troops in Florence. King George VI of the United Kingdom arrives in Italy and is greeted by General Maitland Wilson. King George VI inspects the Royal Navy Units aboard ships in Naples, Italy on July 23, 1944. Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham accompany King George VI on motorboat inspecting the port of Naples. British Royal Marines and soldiers of the United States 5th Army form a guard of honor for the king’s return. The king boards a British cruiser. King George VI takes a ride in a car with Commander-in-Chief General Alexander. King George VI inspects the 8th Army of United States and Indian troops. He reviews Polish Units with Polish General Władysław Anders and General Oliver Leese. King George VI confers knighthood on General Leese in the field.
70,000 Fascist women parade at the Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy. Thousands of women in military uniforms and costumes parade down the Via dei Fori Imperiali from the Colosseum to Piazza Venezia. Prime Minister and Fascist leader Benito Mussolini reviews the parade from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). The flag of the Kingdom of Italy stands in the Altar of the Fatherland. Mussolini waves to the huge crowd gathered to watch the parade.
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