WWII - 1944, Italy: Liberation of Rome, Infantry, Tanks & Crowds. 05-06Jun44

WWII - 1944, Italy: Liberation of Rome, Infantry, Tanks & Crowds. 05-06Jun44 High Angle / HA GIs, infantry marching along street towards camera. Italian civilians wave as jeep leading column of US tanks crowded w/ soldiers passes R-L. 10:19:28 POV moving up Via del Corso towards Piazza Venezia & Vittorio Emmanuel II monument thru crowds in street; many waving; camera stops as US truck & jeep convoy passes in other direction through jubilant crowd. CUs Italian civilians waving. 10:20:34 Colosseum exterior, military vehicles & pedestrians pass in front. 10:21:13 Crowds of pedestrians, jeeps, bicycles on Via D. Fori Imperiali at side of Vittorio Emmanuel II memorial. LS soldiers pose on top of tank among crowds in Piazza Venezia (?). CU crowd of cheering, laughing Italians. 10:21:59 LS St. Peter’s Basilica from Via D. Conciliazione. MLS & CUs Man w/ white armband addresses large crowd from on raised position. CUs crowds waving, some w/ Italian flags; blonde woman kisses GI. 10:23:45 MS Pope Pius XII onto balcony & addresses crowd at Vatican. High shots, huge crowds in St. Peter’s Square. 10:25:10 Black. 10:25:29 Slate: 05Jun44 Rome. Camera Zipser R4. GIs pose on crowded trucks in front of government (?) building. GI w/ group of Italian civilians around baby in pram / carriage; GI holds baby up for camera. 10:26:29 HA LS street w/ civilians waving Italian flags. 10:27:01 GI on jeep talks over radio or loudspeaker, surrounded by crowd (MOS). 10:27:51 MCU soldier talking on field telephone in suburban street, troops & civilians pass by in BG & FG; pan of open fields & buildings under construction beyond w/ boys in street staring at camera as GIs pass by. 10:29:22 HA across heads of crowd packed into street / piazza - parade makes its way thru crowd w/ US & Italian flags. WW2; Italian Campaign; Victory Celebration; Celebrating; Baby Buggy; Peaceful;