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WWII - 1944, Italy: General Clark In Rome - Free French Wounded

Reel Number: 221098-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: France,Italy,USA,Vatican,Vatican City

Location: Rome,Vatican City

TC Begins: 01:13:46

TC Ends: 01:23:08

Duration: 00:09:22

WWII - 1944, Italy: General Clark In Rome - Free French Wounded 04Jun44 General Mark Clark stands at roadside as troops & civilians pass - refugees returning. Brief shot Allied convoy enters unid. town - civilians cheer. Clark et al out of church? Down steps of official building w/ British, Italian & American flags in front. PoV Clark in jeep through streets of Rome towards camera, civilians cheering. Clark in jeep parked in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Clark consults map w/ two-star generals inc. Keyes. Italian civilians cheer & wave at camera - good top shot Allied trucks & cars swamped by civilians. MPs pose for camera w/ Italian kids. Clark poses for cameras w/ General Keyes, unid. two-star US general & French General Juin. Clark, Keyes, Juin et al on crowded balcony w/ US, British & Italian flags. Top shot Clark & Juin shake hands; CU consult map. 01:18:00 PoV jeep through streets past cheering crowds - man holds sign ‘W. La Republica Dei Lavoratori’. Shaky PoV from moving vehicle down road past convoy of Allied jeeps, trucks, tanks & bulldozers. 01:18:29 Transport ship LST 345 pulls into unid. dock - wounded Free French Forces back from Italy? - some on stretchers - walking wounded w/ arms in slings - CUs soldiers smoke, give thumbs up & V-signs - medics load stretchers into ambulance trucks - more walking wounded. WW2; Italian Campaign. Liberation of Rome - Victory Celebrations’

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