A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.
Aerial view of the ancient city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy. Aerial view of the ruins of Pompeii. Amphitheater and court of Pompeii. Stadium of Pompeii and a view of the houses. Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei Church and the square of Pompei commune in Naples, Italy.
Pope John XXIII celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Rome, Italy. Pope John XXIII walks out of his car. The Pope takes off his hat. A nun praying. Vatican guards in black suits place a huge bouquet of white lilies at the foot of the Column of the Immaculate Conception (Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione Piazza Mignanelli, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) located in front of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, a property of the Holy See, in Rome. Dignitaries receive the Pope. Large crowd gathered for the celebration. Pope John XXIII prays and burns incense in front of the Column of the Immaculate Conception. Pope John XXIII greets Roman locals before entering his car.
Wedding ceremony of Anna Maria Scicolone and Romano Mussolini in Predappio, Italy. Church of Sant'Antonio (Piazza S. Antonio, 3, 47016 Predappio FC, Italy) in Predappio. Rachele Mussolini, widow of dictator Benito Mussolini, arrives at a church to attend the wedding of her son Romano Mussolini. Romano Mussolini marries Anna Maria, the sister of Italian actress Sophia Loren. The crowd stares as Sophia Loren arrives at the wedding. The priest undertakes the wedding proceedings. Romano Mussolini puts a ring on his bride Anna Maria.
Spectators and competitors dressed in medieval costumes for the Giostra della Quintana, a modern-day Medieval jousting festival, in Foligno, Italy. People in beautiful medieval dresses during the festival. Women ride horses and men play band of music during a procession. Italian women wearing period dresses ride horses at the town square (Piazza della Repubblica, 19, 06034 Foligno PG, Italy). A man dressed as a Renaissance king sits on a throne as he holds court. A Medieval man with pet dogs. Competitors during a parade procession on roads dressed in medieval costumes. Cavaliers try to grab an iron ring with their lances.
U.S. President Richard Nixon arrives at the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy during his official visit to Europe. Italian honor guards on road to President Nixon's motorcade. A busy crossroad of Rome and monuments roadside. Italian Army honor guards and security guards outside a building. President Nixon arrives in his car and reviews honor guards. He lays wreath at the tomb of the Italian soldier.
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