Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
IS IT WAR
Item title reads - Pathe Special. Is it war? Italian troops reported across Abyssinian border. (Ethiopia).

L/S of foothills of Mount Mussa Ali, the camera pans across to show a convoy of Italian military men, tanks and trucks driving around the winding roads. M/S of General Emilio de Bono, Italian Commander in Chief of all the troops in East Africa, on a horse. Various shots as he reviews the 23rd division who are marching past. M/S of a soldier kissing his two little children while his wife stands by. M/S of soldiers stood on dock next to a ship.

Note: the first five seconds of the picture seem to be missing.
British Pathe
1935
00:01:16:00
Black & White
Sound
841.08

Keywords

wars Abyssinia Ethiopia Mount Mussa Ali General Emilio de Bono
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