Athletes from all over the world arrive to participate in the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The athletes arrive at the Ciampino Airport. People gather at the airport to greet the sports stars. Sportsmen from different nations disembark from aircraft and are greeted by a large crowd.
Activities of the Seabees during Allied invasion of Sicily, in World War II. Seabees lash sections of floating causeway to LST. Allied troops landing on the beach of Sicily shores between Licata and Gela. Seabees install floating causeway from LST to the beach. A bulldozer goes from the LST to the beach over the causeway. "Enemy" Italian troops volunteer to help with the unloading. German stuka dive bombers attack the allied beachhead and destroy an LST. Sherman tanks reach the beachhead from other LSTs using the floating causeways. Vehicles, artillery, and troops move ashore over the causeways.
The Italian Campaign during World War II. An American soldier inspects a damaged German Kettenkrad tracked motorcycle abandoned at a roadside. Allied truck, jeeps, halftracks, and towed field artillery moving along a road. Sign on road near destroyed buildings identifies Highway 7 and points to towns of Gaeta, Velletri, Albano, Genzano, and Rome. U.S. Sherman tank on road passing bombed out buildings. Allied military ambulances on the road. More views of destroyed buildings. A damaged Sherman tank. A damaged German tank. A U.S. soldier climbs out his bunker carved out of rubble.
View of American destroyers (DD) in Naples Harbor during World War II. A United States Navy officer on bridge. Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in Naples Harbor. A Destroyer Escort (DE) lays smoke screen on water. View of landing crafts (LC). Formations of planes. DE, DD & YMS in Naples Harbor. LST tow barrage balloons. YMS leaves Naples Harbor.
U.S. 7th Army troops march at embarkation point in Naples prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Troops board LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Cub planes make landings on LST. Allied troops at rest and recreation. A pilot boards a Cub aboard LST. LST underway at sea. Pilots practice take off. Ships fire towards the Italian coasts. Amphibious assault team land at Italian coast to practice assault. Troops wade across water. Troops leave landing crafts. War ships approach the coast. Heavy blasts in coastal areas. Troops advance on the field.
U.S. troops aboard deck of LST (Landing Craft, Tank). LST underway at sea. Ships of invasion force underway. LC (Landing Craft) underway at sea. Pontoon section launched from side of LST. PC (Patrol Craft) underway. Other LC (Landing Craft) and auxiliary ships in the background. Pontoon section alongside LST. Soldiers on deck of the ship close ashore. (World War II period).
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