• Short Summary

    Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt narrating footage of Ethiopia to show a primative way of life that includes a countryside with no roads, one railway, Ethiopian citizens in thatch houses, and soldiers training on horseback and barefooted as they prepare for war with Italy

  • Description

    Gaumont British Ident

    SLATE INFORMATION: Abyssinia To-Day

    ETHIOPIA: Various:
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    ABYSSINIA Sir Thomas Comyn Platt speaks on Italian - Abyssinian-problem. Abyssinian Troops, people, Etc. Complete Dupe


    ITALY Sir Thomas Comyn Platt speaks on Italian-Abyssinian problem Abyssinian Shots


    -PLATT, Sir Thomas Comyn- Speaks on Italian-Abyssinian problem


    Military - Active; Personalities - Politicians; Ethiopia; Abyssinian - Italian Conflict; Italy

    Italian-Abyssinian Conflict, troops, Italo-Abyssinian War
    Background: Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt narrating footage of Ethiopia to show a primative way of life that includes a countryside with no roads, one railway, Ethiopian citizens in thatch houses, and soldiers training on horseback and barefooted as they prepare for war with Italy

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVAAIUUM1108LTW3WZWU3AJBAX0O
    Media URN:
    VLVAAIUUM1108LTW3WZWU3AJBAX0O
    Group:
    Reuters - Gaumont British Newsreel
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    15/08/1935
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:10:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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