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Views of Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, after it falls to American forces during World War II

U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060639
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini view huge crowd from a decorated balcony of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (WW2)

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).

Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063505
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini raises a flag amongst huge military crowd in Rome, Italy (WW2)

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.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064188
King Victor Emmanuel III inspects German Graf Zeppelin as it lands in Rome, Italy.

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.

Date: 1933, June 8
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066031
Allied planning for Operation Strangle in Italy during World War II.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 7 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066631
American soldiers lower Italian flag and examine a searchlight at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy,during World War II

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.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066886