Summary

Rodolfo Graziani arrives in Addis Ababa as new Viceroy of Italian East Africa

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 10835
Clip SR003999_01_01.mov
Date 06/01/1934
Title Rodolfo Graziani arrives in Addis Ababa as new Viceroy of Italian East Africa
Description [VO in Italian] MS Julius Caesar statue / dissolve to Title card: "Impero Italiano" ("Italian Empire") superimposed over map / Title card: "Addis Abeba" superimposed over graphic with human figure in background / MS car carrying Viceroy of Italian East Africa, Rodolfo Graziani / MS Graziani salutes military officer / VS Graziani reviews Italian troops / LS flag of the Kingdom of Italy on wall in background, rear view of men rising to their feet in foreground, obscuring flag / MLS-PAN RIGHT Graziani enters room, salutes / LS Graziani before flag in background, rear view of men saluting in foreground / MS Graziani in salute with flag behind him / VS Graziani speaking in front of flag / VS Graziani pins medal on robes of Italian Emperor Haile Selassie as other military officers look on / MS Graziani hands documents to Ethiopian leaders / MS Graziani salutes again, flag behind him / MS profile of Graziani as he walks past officers on his way out of the room / VS Graziani in front of Menelik Palace with crowds of military personnel and Ethiopians gathered / MS crowd dispersed my military officer / MS Graziani speaking / MS Ethiopian leaders give alms to passing beggars / WS Graziani et al. on front steps of palace / VS beggars walk past in foreground, Graziani with officers and Ethiopian leaders on palace steps in background / VS beggars receive alms, incl CU of money placed in hands / PAN extreme high level angle looking down on gathering / MWS Graziani stands with Italian and Ethiopian officials / CU Graziani nodding to crowd / Title card: "LVCE" above top half of spinning globe image
Personality Rodolfo Graziani, Haile Selassie
Country Ethiopia
City Addis Ababa

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