German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini visit Florence, Italy. Soldiers in uniform and civilians gathered at the Piazza Della Signoria. Men blow trumpets with Florentine fleur-de-lis banners in the Piazza della Signoria. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini look out at the crowd from a decorated balcony in the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). The German and the Italian flags on poles on the balcony. (World War II period).
Italian troops on the battlefield fire artillery during World War II. Italian troops march with rifles in hand. Tanks advance on the road. Soldiers fire artillery. A group of soldiers near artillery wearing gas masks. The soldiers fire rifle from trenches. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini raises a flag. A huge crowd of soldiers gathered at the Foro Italico (Viale del Foro Italico, 00135 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. The soldiers give the fascist Roman salute. Number of flags on pole. Dignitaries in the grandstand with Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.
Graf Zeppelin airship lands in Rome, Italy. German Graf Zeppelin in flight over the Castel Sant’Angelo and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III and Italian Air Minister Italo Balbo talk to officers at Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy). Graf Zeppelin lands as King Victor Emmanuel III shakes hands with the crew. The Italian King comes out of the airship after inspecting it.
A film about Allied air attacks on Italy during World War II . Damaged railroad sections and marshalling yards in Italy. A map of Corsica. A sign on a building reads 'Bar Napoleon'. A man climbs up an observation tower at Alto Airbase in Corsica. A crew member turns propellers of a U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. A truck carries shells. The man turns the propellers of the aircraft. A crew member fuels the aircraft. A U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in a bed at the air base. The pilot gets up and prepares to leave for a mission. Pilots wash their faces, brush and shave. A pilot gets up and washes his face in a trailer. Allied pilots being briefed inside a tent. A map depicts the area under attack by U.S. 5th Army and British 8th Army. Allied operations in Anzio. Aerial view of damaged buildings in Casino after an Allied air raid. Animated map depicts Allied planning for Operation Strangle.
View from below of American soldiers atop an Italian artillery blockhouse, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A tall radio antenna extends above the structure. View from the blockhouse as U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy. The Mediterrean Sea in background. A soldier climbs atop a tracked vehicle on which a large steel drum is mounted (apparently a large searchlight). They rotate light and one soldier attempts (successfully) to move move it by hand.
A film titled 'Bombing of Monastery' about the British attack on a monastery in Cassino, Italy. An animation of the map of Italy depicting the attack on Cassino by the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force aircraft Curtiss P-40 aircraft dive in and bomb a monastery. Fire and smoke rise from the monastery. (World War II period).
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