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Italian title reads: "Roma". Italian voiceover.
Rome, Italy.
Various shots of men of Italian air force lined up for inspection. Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) inspects the men. Crowds of people are watching. Some of the men are lined up in front of their planes. CU various men on inspection. More shots of Mussolini inspecting men. Il Duce mounts a saluting base. CU set of medals. He presents medals to relatives of fliers. Il Duce hugs one of the men. Mussolini talks to more of the widows and children as he presents medals. Cut aways to various foreign dignitaries in the crowd. More medals are presented to various military officers, one of them may be Bruno Mussolini. Shots of various women dressed in black wearing medals. The air men march past.
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