Italian Parade (1949)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Rome, Italy. 3rd Anniversary of New Italian Republic. Italian voiceovered newsreel material. VS Crowds walking towards with banners. SV Men carrying banners. SV Banners pan to massed crowds assembling. CU Banners and crowds. SV President Luigi Einaudi arriving. SV General Mark Clark, United Nations Commander in Korea with military attaches. SV A Russian military attache. CU Foreign military attache. SV President Einaudi and Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi watching. SV Italian soldiers presenting arms. SV Italian trumpeters. (start of fanfare). LV Ceremony and fanfare. CU 2 caribinieri saluting. (End of fanfare). LV Monument to Guiseppe Mazzini being unveiled. CU Pan figures of monument. Angle shot monument. CU Mazzini statue on top of monument. GV Elevated military parade. Top view massed troops marching along. CU Gen Mark Clark saluting. LV Troops marching past dais. Side view of caribinieri marching past (GV 2 shots). SV Pres. Einaudi and Mark