| Crisis of War in Ethiopia | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1848 |
| Catalog #: | 509704 | |
| Clip Number: | 509704-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-230 | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:18 - 01:09:30 | |
| Location: | Addis Adaba, Ethiopia | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | JOURNALISM: Newspaper LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Ethiopia (Abyssinia) MILITARY: Army, Italian OCCUPATIONS: Journalism, Reporters ROYALTY: Ethiopian, Haile Selassie WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue) | |
| Description: | Master 1848 - Tape 1 MS Emperor of Ethiopia HAILE SELASSIE seated in chair. MS Conquering Lion of Judah statue. TLS/MSs Ethiopian men in white robes running or walking through town with rifles. LSs Ethiopian irregular army marching through rural areas. TLS Ethiopian men riding horses through stream and onto rocky shore. LS/TLSs irregular soldiers marching on foot or riding horses across plain, through river. Panning LS horses swimming through swift current river. MSs irregular soldiers marching with rifles through village. MS man reading statement to village; TLS crowd standing, listening. TLS white male journalists alighting train car. TLSs white male reporters entering Imperial Hotel, congregating in lobby; MS white male press photographer shaking hands and chatting with white male reporter in lobby; MSs famed Associated Press reporter JIM MILLS (James Mills, James A. Mills) entering room, receiving messages, saying to hello to two associates. TLS rain falling from roof of Imperial Hotel. MS/TLSs Haile Selassie seated at desk in office and signing papers while associate and two white male British businessmen standing by. TLS two white men (including Jim Mills) passing through swinging half-doors in lobby, turning on light and entering adjacent room while local man stands from couch and begins sweeping; MS men talking, writing at table following Ethiopian land deed to England. MS Jim Mills placing story at wireless station. CU newspaper headline: "Half Ethiopia Deeded to Standard Oil." CU various U.S. newspaper headlines regarding land deed story. CU map of Ethiopia, ceded half highlighted. Panning MS U.S. Secretary of State CORDELL HULL walking from building with briefcase and fedora hat in hand. CU Cordell Hull speaking to cam: "The primary purpose of our foreign policy is the promotion and maintenance of peace." TLSs Italian army soldiers and cavalry mobilizing, marching. Panning low angle CU artillery gun barrel swiveling, Rock of Gibraltar in BG. MS white men standing in room, toasting and drinking alcohol. | |
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