| MUSSOLINI IN LIBYA Benito Mussolini visits Libya. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6329 |
| Catalog #: | 51688 | |
| Clip Number: | 51688-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/22 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:14 - 01:01:04 | |
| Location: | Tripoli, Libya | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Arabs INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Imperialism LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Libya PERSONALITIES: Mussolini, Benito (Il Duce) | |
| Description: | MUSSOLINI IN LIBYA. Tripoli, Libya. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini arriving in a barge on Libyan shore. Band and troops lined up giving Il Duce Fascist salute. He replies. Pan along the houses, windows, roads and rooftops packed with Arabs greeting the leader. Lines of Libyan girls in traditional clothes waving fro the side of road. Duce rides in a car watching the achievements of the Fascists - new road, new airport, new buildings etc. Mussolini standing in open car giving the crowds Fascist salute. Mussolini and Governor of Libya Italo Balbo (allegedly the best looking man in the Italian Army) standing next to the Muslim priest listening to a prayer. | |
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