Making of perfect women in Italy. Girls perform group drills in athletics at an academy in Orveito, Italy to become perfect women. Girls march and perform drills.
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.
A fashion show in Florence, Italy. Models display the ready to wear garments at the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Models wear oversized sunglasses. A model walks down the catwalk wearing a velvet gown by Pino Lancetti. A model with a hooped coiffure wears a coat by Emilio Pucci. Two Italian women talk to each other while watching the fashion show. A model displays a coat by Gregoriana, an Italian fashion brand. A model walks with a dog on the ramp. Models wear corkscrew hats.
The annual tray race takes place in Rome, Italy. Saloon waiters stand with glasses and bottles in trays during the annual race. Young saloon waiters chase around the Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) with bottles and set of glasses in a two-kilometer run. Spectators watch as the waiters run. A huge crowd is gathered. The winner is awarded.
American Football (also known as Gridiron) in Florence, Italy. Players dressed in medieval dresses convene at the Piazza della Signoria (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). Italian spectators are seated in the stand to watch the match. Players get on the field and the game starts. Contestants playing American Football at the Piazza della Signoria.
A map of Italy. A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy. Troops debark and artillery is unloaded. Anti-aircraft down United States planes. German planes land in Sicily and parachute troops deplane. United States positions are bombed and strafed. German planes attack a United States convoy. (World War II period).
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