Summary: Mussolini's speech from the Palazzo Venezia on 10 June 1940 declaring war on Britain and France.
Description: This official Luce film shows Mussolini coming out onto the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, over a mammoth cheering crowd. He announces to the Italian nation that he has declared war on Britain and France and the speech is relayed "live" to several other Italian cities where vast crowds have gathered and cheer furiously - Genoa, Turin, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Bologna, Forli, Bari, Florence, Naples. Lorries of flag-waving Fascist groups are seen driving through the Roman crowds acting as cheerleaders, in the Piazza del Quirinale before the King.
