A car drives on a sandy beach in Italy. Old women push a cart loaded with vegetables. Crops and plants in an agricultural farm. A group of swans swim in a pond near the farm. Two boys wearing caps talk to each other. A farmer hoes an agricultural field using a stick.
Swiss guards salute a man entering the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo (Piazza della Libertà, 00073 Castel Gandolfo RM, Italy). Pope Pius XII appears on a balcony and begins to address the large gathering assembled in a courtyard below. Pope Pius XII speaks to crowds with hand gestures. A woman and her children watch the papal audience from a window. Pope Pius XII imparts blessing to the audience. One group holds a poster reading: "il. Vitttorioso." (Referring to a weekly Catholic publication in comic book format). Crowd of Italians clapping and cheering. Cameraman uses a motion picture camera from a raised platform. Tabbacheria (tobacco shop) is on one side of the courtyard. Sign reads Cinzano (referring to an Italian brand of vermouth). Camera pans up to the balcony and then back down to the courtyard, again. where people are waving their hands and holding white handkerchiefs. Some hold small children up above their heads. Closeup of a woman holding up a baby. after brief interruption, flags are shown flying from balcony on one side of the courtyard. Boys in choir gowns clap their hands. A woman makes the sign of the cross, while a man next to her takes photographs. What appear to be three seminarians, are seen. A priest in a Cappello Romano takes photographs. Closeup of a man holding a big boy. A baby boy held aloft, with dome of the Castel Gandolfo behind him. Nuns with a group of schoolgirls. Two more seminarians. Views from above rear of the courtyard.
Milo Malagoli, looked upon as the successor of World Heavy Weight Champion Primo Camera in Italy. Milo weighing 290 pounds with height of 6 feet and 8 inches greets an officer. Milo is examined by doctors.
Yugoslav refugees disembark at Italian port in 1944 during World War 2, fleeing German forces in World War 2. An animated map shows the positions of Yugoslavia and Italy. Refugee families with luggage get into trucks. Tents are erected at refugee camp. The refugees get food aid. Women and children in line at outdoor soup kitchen receiving bread and hot soup. Yugoslavian children are seen eating.
A film titled 'In 1909 Wilbur Wright demonstrated his invention before the King of Italy and Italian Government officials'. Wilbur Wright and his assistant in plane. Plane moves down a rail. Plane takes off. The plane flies past the group. Italian Officers watch as Wilbur Wright demonstrates his plane. Plane leaves rail and is airborne over flat field. View of air to ground, as first motion pictures are taken from an airplane.
International doll show for the benefit of Italian Red Cross in Italy. Dolls of 36 nations put on display. People gather to watch the exhibition. A man and a woman viewing Japanese dolls. Dolls such as Ballerina dolls, bisque Japanese dolls and baby dolls are seen. Mrs. Therese Dupuis, the wife of the Canadian Ambassador helped in organizing the show. Mrs. Dupuis turns a baby doll’s head to change its facial expression. A pair of Canadian dolls depicting a Canadian Mountie and a Indigenous Canadian girl. A doll with a dresser. Children watch the dolls in the show. A group of Dutch girl dolls. A pair of Dutch dolls and a miniature windmill.
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