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French children sing a song in France and wreaths are placed at Victor Emanuel Memorial in Rome, Italy in Europe.

Independence celebrations in Europe during World War II. In France large crowds gather to celebrate liberation. Soldiers salute. French children hold American flags which are made from paper by them and sing a song. An old man standing in front of them. In Rome, Italy wreaths are placed at Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the U.S. flag flutters in air.

Date: 1944, July 18
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071977
The Allied invasion of Sicily during Operation Husky in World War II

British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery are seen looking skyward. They stand on a field in front of a large formation of troops. Scene shifts to a seaport in North Africa, with Allied troop ships preparing to depart. A barrage balloon flies over the port. (Narrator notes that the armada includes ships of Britain, The United States, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece, the Indian navies, A warship sits in the water beside a large troop ship. A tugboat tows a large troop transport ship in the harbor. Cargo ships and a three stacker transport ship are seen. Two British battleships. Sailor using signal light to send a message. Two American destroyers in trail formation. U.S. Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Commander of the 8th Fleet, presents Lieutenant General George S. Patton, commander of U.S. forces, with a new battle flag. Views of ships in the invasion fleet. Transport ships anchor off the coast as they shuttle troops to the beaches in their landing ships. A landing ship flying the American flag. Naval guns fire barrages at the shore. As landing craft reach the beach, troops wade ashore through the surf. An army truck drives from a landing craft through the surf. Army truck and a jeep drive ashore from a large landing craft. Brief glimpse of Wading tanks leaving a tank carrier and driving ashore through the surf. Troops landing with dry feet from a beached landing craft. View of the city of Gela. Lieutenant George S. Patton climbs over the side of a ship and descends on a rope ladder to enter a Higgins boat that takes him to assume command of the invasion operations. Closeup of Lieutenant General Patton in the boat entering the harbor at Gela. He jumps from the boat as it reaches the beach. Local civilians view activities from the beach. DUKWs (amphibious trucks) drive ashore. Artillery pieces being towed ashore. American infantry entering the town of Gela. Military vehicles enter through rubble strewn streets. An M4 Sherman tank speeds along a road. Remains of an Italian armored train destroyed by Allied gunfire. American soldiers walk through areas destroyed by German bombing. American troops search buildings. Local Italian people mingling with American troops. Surrendered Italian troops march under guard along a street. Allied forces head toward Messina. A tracked gun carrier filled with troops in the back, moves along a street. U.S. infantry marching along a roadside. Army engineers clearing mine fields in advance of troops. Closeup of a buried mine being revealed. Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., Commander of the U.S 3rd Infantry Division, inspects Axis planes and hangars captured by American forces. Many undamaged aircraft are seen in revetments and simply parked on the airfield. Fuel arrives for Allied aircraft. British Fairey Firefly aircraft taking off. Dead Axis soldiers lying on the ground. Destroyed Axis military vehicles. A knocked out German Tiger tank. A DUKW drives past a damaged Axis armored vehicle. UN forces firing mortars from a field. A knocked out Axis armored vehicle. UN motorized gun carrier fires its gun. Allied infantry advancing.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 8 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040765
French President Rene Coty meets Pope Pius XII in the Vatican City.

French President Rene Coty arrives and lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) during a state visit to Rome, Italy. President Coty arrives at Vatican City. View of the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). President Coty meets Pope Pius XII and other members of Catholic Church hierarchy, in the first peaceful visit between the French head of state and the Pope since the year 800. President Coty wears the silver chain of the Supreme Order of Christ (Ordine Supremo del Cristo in Italian), the highest order of chivalry awarded by the pope.

Date: 1957, May 16
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040124
Fashion show models display the latest Italian Spring collection atop Hotel Hassler in Rome.

Models display the latest Italian Spring collection in Rome, Italy. Models in Italian designer creations atop the Hotel Hassler Roma (Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, 6, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). The two bell towers of the Trinità dei Monti church is seen from the Hotel Hassler rooftop. Italian models in lacy, frilly formal gowns made of silk organdy with pleats. Rose motifs in a ball gown skirt. Ladies display colorful twirly skirts. A model in a checked coat and a black dress underneath. Models wearing jaunty, gaily decorated hats with spring garden theme. A model drinks from a bar as a bartender makes a drink. The hats decorated with garden fruits and vegetables like asparagus.

Date: 1953, March 12
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020728
Italian forces occupy Fiume following departure of Austro-Hungarian troops at end of World War I

Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.

Date: 1918, November
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026091
Several members of the new Italian cabinet of Marshal Pietro Badoglio after their first meeting.

Newly installed Badoglio II government leaders convene in Salerno, Italy. Cabinet Ministers Benedetto Croce, Palmitro Togliatti and Count Carlo Sforza, along with two others, converse in the lobby of the Salerno Municipio building (Via Roma, 84121 Salerno SA, Italy). Other dignitaries moving in background. One of them smokes a cigarette while conversing.

Date: 1944, April 24
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030922