| ITALIAN PLANE CRIPPLED (aka NEWS IN A NUTSHELL) An Italian Caproni bomber is repaired after being shot down, the pilot is wounded and taken to hospital in Asmar | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6307 |
| Catalog #: | 51772 | |
| Clip Number: | 51772-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 36/2 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:05 - 01:12:54 | |
| Location: | Asmara, Eritrea | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Eritrea TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military, Bomber WAR & CONFLICT: Italo - Ethiopian (Abyssinia/Italy) 1935-1936 | |
| Description: | (News in a Nutshell). Italian plane crippled. Asmara, Eritrea. M/S of a Caproni bomber in a field, people stand around it. C/U's of holes in the gas tank where it was shot down by Abyssinians. M/S of Count Ciani (Benito Mussolini's son-in-law), who leads the squadron, inspecting the repairs. Various shots as mechanics fix it. M/S as the wounded pilot is carried on a stretcher, C/U of his face, he smiles. M/S of the stretcher on the ground. M/S as propellers turn and he is lifted aboard. | |
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