Recherche dans la collection - Italy Ousts Mussolini

GUNN, Norman

1973-0171

Film

1 of 1

1943

Paramount News

narrator, Gregory Abbott

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.

English

Libre

V1 8803-0017

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~As of 10 May 2000, Robert Gunn has lifted all donor restrictions on this material as per correspondence in Collection File.