Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.
Italian nationalist leader Gabriele D'Annunzio and other Italian irredentist leaders are warmly welcomed in the Adriatic port city of Fiume as his contingent of Italian military volunteers occupies the Adriatic city in September, 1919. Ships seen docked in the background, between buildings. Irredentism leader D'Annunzio, with a wide collar atop his uniform, and wearing gloves, speaks forcefully to the assembled crowd . Several of the officers are carried down the street atop the shoulders of the cheering crowd. A warship is docked in the background. Flag of the Kingdom of Italy is seen in the crowd. Gabriele D'Annunzio is seen later, in uniform with shirt and tie, but without the collar and gloves, making his way through the crowd and then becoming the center of attention for the cameraman, as he poses surrounded by young military volunteer admirers.
Gabriele D'Annunzio and his contingent of Italian military volunteers occupy Fiume, Croatia, in the name of Italy, as the Austro-Hungarian empire ends following World War I. D'Annunzio speaks to the troops. Soldiers gather on a street near dock. Crowd on the street raises hats and carry officers on their shoulders. D'Annunzio shakes hand with soldiers, as he makes his way through the crowd, and sits with a group of volunteers..
'Italian munitions 1914-1918 ' Men mine iron ore at a hilly region in Italy. Iron ore transported in trolleys and then shipped. Trolleys carrying iron ore unloaded at a port in Italy and placed on trailers with a crane. Coking ovens are emptied and blast furnace charged with the ore and coke. Furnace is tapped and molten steel poured giving a fiery flare. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Crowd fills the Plaza Venezia in Rome where Benito Mussolini appears on the balcony of the Piazza Venezia (formerly known as the Palace of St Mark) in Italy, on June 10, 1940. He announces that Italy has entered World War 2 on the side of the Axis powers. Views of the jubilant crowd waving Italian and some Swastika flags. Next, a road sign points to Paris and to Poissons, in France followed by view of German troops triumphantly entering Paris, through the Arch of Triumph. View of the Eiffel Tower, and of a German flag flying atop it. More views of German troops marching through Paris. A German railway gun firing. (Narrator implies that the target is the Maginot Line, which is not correct. It was bypassed by the Germans, negating need to attack it directly.) Other German railway guns and siege mortars firing and many huge explosions and fires are seen, including some from flame throwers. Next, German troops are seen marching around a circle where a railroad car is parked near Compiègne, France. This rail car is the scene of Germany's surrender to France in World War I. Statue of French Marshal Foch, who had then, received the delegates of vanquished Germany here. Adolf Hitler walking past a German Honor Guard, salutes. He is accompanied by Marshal Hermann Goering and other high ranking military persons. The nearby 1918 "Alsace-Lorraine monument" is covered by a German flag. The German delegation headed by Hitler and Goering, enter the rail car and take their places. Outside, the French delegation, headed by General Charles Huntziger, is escorted by German officers. They enter the car and he German delegation stands. Both delegations exchange salutes. Next, Hitler is seen stepping from the rail car, followed by Goering. The German delegation walks past the honor guard, and Hitler salutes them. German and French officials still in the rail car exchange salutes. Hitler expresses jubilation.
Italian nationalist leader Gabriele D'Annunzion is seen talking with some of his Italian military volunteers, as they occupy the Adriatic city of Fiume, in September, 1919. His troops surge through the streets of the city mingling with local citizens. D'Annunzio and two of his officers are seen being carried on the shoulders of the crowd. Two Italian warships are seen docked at the Fiume pier. One, the Giuseppe Cesare Abba, a Pilo Class destroyer, displays the letters: "AB" on her hull.The other,displays "NL." Scene shifts to the deck of an Italian warship where an officer commands sailors as they march to take positions in formation on her deck. All are in full dress uniforms. Utility dinghies (or lifeboats) are seen on deck and one on davits.