Soldiers of 'Cobra' Division (3rd Div) and 'Cook' Regiment (16th Infantry Division) loaded in landing crafts leaving dock at Naples. Troops board Landing crafts at dock. (World War II period).
Pope Paul VI meets the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsay, in Vatican City. Anglican Church Archbishop Michael Ramsay visits Rome and the Vatican. Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Ramsay sit and talk to each other during their meeting. Pope Paul VI gets up from his chair and greets Archbishop Ramsay with symbolic Kiss of Peace.
Liberation of Rome by the Allies during World War II. Allied soldiers loaded onto a tank enter Rome. A sign in Italian. Civilians gathered in St. Peter's Square. Allied soldiers ride bikes. Civilians and traffic with the Colosseum in the background. A large crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square cheers. A child in a pram. A woman kisses a soldier.
Scenes of Rome and American Army officers on leave there during World War 2. Views including St Angelo Bridge and castle (Castel Sant'Angelo) at the Tiber River. People riding bicycles over the bridge. Statue of an angel, by sculptor Pieter Verschaffelt. St Peters Basilica and Square. Sign proclaiming neutral territory of the Vatican (in Italian and English). The sign reads ' Neutral state of Vatican. Admission of military vehicles not allowed.' A sign reads '322 service group'. U.S. Army officers, in uniform, pose as they smoke cigarettes, wearing overseas caps and smiling. An officer pretends to count money, posing in front of a sign in the background reading ' Finance office 322nd service group.' Unidentified U.S. Army officers smoking cigarettes and posing for photographs in front of flowering shrubs in Rome.
A film titled 'Typhus in Naples' shows typhus striking the city of Naples during World War 2. The city of Naples shows Mount Vesuvius and buildings. A ship sailing on the Bay of Naples. Italians get off at the Napoli Centrale (Piazza Garibaldi 80142 Napoli) railroad station. A man walks through a tunnel in the slums of Naples. A horse-drawn funeral hearse. Statue of Jesus Christ. A cemetery in Naples. Mummified remains in uncovered crypts. Damaged buildings in Naples. Graves in a cemetery. Rubble on the streets. Medics evacuate casualties on stretchers. Dynamited bathroom. Refugees arrive in Naples. Two Italian refugee boys. Dead bodies on the side of a street. An Italian woman suffering from typhus. A close view of lice on human skin. Warning signs for typhus in English and Italian languages.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings of World War II. Wrecked boats and a sunken ship at a beach in Sicily. Italian kids walk through debris on a beach. Men examine a large wrecked boat. Italian boys in a wrecked boat. Boys swim.
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