Title:SCENES IN FASCIST ITALY DURING THE 1930s [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6908
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY AN ITALIAN ADMIRAL [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film confiscated in 1944 from an Italian admiral by a British Army officer combines personal and newsreel coverage of military, naval and fascist youth movement ceremonies in Southern Italy, notably troops departing in wintry weather for the Italo-Abyssinian War, a visit by Prince Umberto to Reggio di Calabria to inaugurate the Victory Temple (post May 1936), commemoration of the Great War on 24 May, Reggio's airfield named after Tito Menniti (fallen in Africa, 26-12-1935) and Mussolini inspecting units of the Italian Air Force at Centocelle, Rome.
Description:
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY AN ITALIAN ADMIRAL [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour/B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6908
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1935
Production Country:
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (person)
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics:
Technical Details: Format: 9.5mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 4
ca 1300 ft: ca 54 mins
