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Record information – Brief Italy Ousts Mussolini
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1943Item number (ISN):22659Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:GUNN, NormanAccession:1973-0171Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1943Production company:Paramount NewsProduction credit:narrator, Gregory AbbottDescription:Coverage of Benito Mussolini and his meteoric rise to power. Stills of him as a young man; threshing grain with the peasants; huge crowds in Rome etc. Shots of Victor Emmanuel (the King) taking over from Mussolini; of Marshal Pietro Bedolio, the new premier, meeting the people in the street; and of happy Italians celebrating. Compilation of newspapers and events leading up to Mussolini's rise to power, shots of him in 1932 preparing to go up in a plane and in a 1934 meeting with Adolph Hitler. Other shots include: Mussolini's army attack of Ethopia in 1935; Italian soldiers marching through Spain as Franco takes the salute in 1936; Italians invading Albania and Greece, with shots of Greek refugees; Mussolini's attack on France; shot of United States President Franklin Roosevelt speaking; Hirhohito of Japan; Winston Churchill and F.D. Roosevelt at Casablanca Conference.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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