Italian civilians celebrate liberation of Rome during World War II.. Pope Pius XII speaks from balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica. Huge crowd fills at Saint Peter's Square.
Italian civilians celebrate liberation of Rome during World War II. Italian carabinieri in trucks in front of the Palace of Justice. Trucks drive off. A baby carriage in the center of the crowd. An American soldier picks up child from carriage. Cheering crowd on street. An American flag being waved. People around an American vehicle with a few American soldiers in it. The soldiers talk into a radio mike.
Italian civilians celebrate liberation of Rome during World War II. A walkie-talkie operator on a street. Troops of U.S. 85th Infantry Division march in a single file in the northwestern part of Rome as children watch. Italian crowd jamming a street. Few American vehicles move through the crowd.
30, 000 Romans attend the initiation of Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB), the Italian Fascist youth organization, members during the 2684th anniversary of the Founding of Rome at the Circus Maximus. Benito Mussolini is accompanied by a mustached aide, likely Constanzo Ciano. Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) youth members receive medals and double-cheek kiss from Italian Fascist officials on stage. Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) youth march with Fascist officials in Circus Maximus. Benito Mussolini gives a “Roman salute” to marching youth. A jovial chat between Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascist officials.
Aerial view railroad freight yard in Milazzo, Sicily. Railway station freight yard after devastation from the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. Wrecked train cars in front of Milazzo station. A destroyed automobile on top of a flat car. Upended rail cars, tracks and rubble are scattered all over the Milazzo railway station freight yard.
Town sign of Messina during Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers and jeeps pass through road in Messina. Soldiers walk through a street with houses and stone structures devastated by invasion. Four United States soldiers onboard a military jeep drive through rubble-strewn street in Messina. United States soldiers begin to clear rubble and wreckage from street using bulldozer. British soldiers pause briefly to share supplies from truck. Italian prisoners-of-war are made to march out of the city while holding white flags in surrender.
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