Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Ground level MS of Italian soldiers raising knives in unison several times over. Mussolini standing on a pedestal and surveying passing troops while a statue of Julius Caesar is in the immediate BG.
Montage of the Swiss Guard marching through the Vatican grounds (they are in full armor).
Clergy working in an office, keeping track of refugees and prisoners of war. Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) walking through the Vatican.
Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) saying Mass. Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) meets with Axis soldiers.
Excellent WWII montage. The Allies, in 1944, storm into the Italian mainland. Fantastic battle shots, both American and German soldiers: grenades are thrown, mortars are fired, rifles, and machine gun nests as well as a soldier getting hit (camera just barely misses penetration).
Nazi troops evacuate Rome. June 1944.
June 4, 1944 The liberation of Rome (tight LS's and MS's of American troops marching past the Coliseum and through the main streets of Rome).
Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) talks to the Allied troops at a special mass inside the Sistine Chapel. Features some great MS's of the attendees. You have had experience now with the dangers and uncertainties of a life in the midst of a war. Make one thing certain, that you keep always close to God.