Allied troops liberate Rome from Nazi Germany during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark sits on a window ledge and discusses plans with other officers of the Fifth Army. Nazi German military vehicles with troops leave Rome. An abandoned German tank parked on a Roman street. German troops on cart pass by the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). A soldier rides a bicycle. German tanks moving out of Rome. Allied forces on Jeeps and other vehicles moving in Rome. Road signs read “Rome” and “Roma”. United States soldier in piazza directing traffic in front of the Fountain of Fawns in Montelanico. Roman buildings show damage. United States army vehicles driving on tram lines towards Rome.
Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany in World War 2. United States soldiers walk as Italian women and men clap and cheer for them on the street (likely in the Prati district). Soldiers waving at the camera. Crowds watch a tank driving on the street. Cheering and smiling Italian men and women. Italian men and women sit on top of a moving tank with soldiers. People assembled in front of the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria), also known as the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), near the Capitoline Hill. Italians tear out a racist Nazi propaganda poster. Huge crowds enter the Vatican City through the Via di Porta Angelica. Clapping Italians. A tank with soldiers and crowds of Italians in front of the Altar of the Fatherland. Closer view of cheering Italians.
Children playing in the playground outside the American Overseas School Of Rome (Via Cassia, 811, 00189 Roma RM, Italy). Two teachers play with students. Students smile while watching television inside a library. Boys smiling. A girl and a boy laughing together. Two girls sitting together. Students watching an Italian comedy puppet show on RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) from a Dumont television.
An ancient bust of the Roman Emperor Titus. Men passing through the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy. Chunks of stone rubble found in the Roman Forum. View of the Roman Colosseum partially obscured by trees. View of the Roman Colosseum as seen from the ground floor inside. Gates inside the Roman Colosseum for animals. Animated map depicting the trade route and spread of Christianity between Rome and the Holy Land during the Roman period. Remains of Early Christian churches found in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium). A lizard crawls on the stone wall of an Early Christian church.
United States Army soldiers and the Red Cross host a Christmas party for orphans in Montecatini, Italy during World War II. Italian nuns and young children gather around a table. United States soldiers distribute cookies to orphans. Some of the girls hold their presents. Some soldiers and female Red Cross workers carry young orphans during the Christmas party. A soldier puts his helmet on an Italian girl Soldiers give a girl chocolate and talk to her. Orphans admire their gifts from soldiers and the Red Cross. A Red Cross worker smiles while holding an orphan. A soldier helps a boy drink from a cup. Another bald Italian boy speaks to the soldier. A soldier plays the piano. Soldiers sings with children.
Rain slows Allied armies in Mediterranean. The 5th Army troops get stranded in flooded San Lorenzo, Italy. Army vehicles drive on streets with heavy water. Trucks drive on muddy roads. The 78th infantry Division tows vehicles stuck in mud. (World War II period).
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