The Invasion of Ethiopia
| DATE |
CONTENTS |
| 11/19/1930 |
AFRICAN EMPIRE CROWNS A NEW "KING OF KINGS". All Abyssinia rejoices as Haile Selassie ascends throne at Addis Ababa. Sub 1. - The Duke of Glou(ce)ster, third son of King George, heads emissaries from many lands. Sub. 2 - Ethiopia's new ruler claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. |
| 01/21/1935 |
MAP OF ETHIOPIA, RELIEF. |
| 06/21/1935 |
ABYSSINIANS GO ARMED TO PRAYER. Priests act as gun carriers as war clouds add fervor to Ethiopia's greatest religious festival. |
| 06/21/1935 |
Cuts and Outs. ABYSSINIANS GO ARMED TO PRAYER. Priests act as gun carriers as war clouds add fervor to Ethiopia's greatest religious festival. |
| 09/11/1935 |
[LEAGUE OF NATIONS] WARNS ITALY. France lines up with Britain at Geneva as America, too, makes plea for peace. Sub. 1 - Italy goes on preparing as 50,000 boys bearing guns march by Mussolini in Rome as mobilization of 3,000,000 youngsters for home guard is planned. Sub. 2 - In Addis Ababa speakers exhort excited crowds to prepare for air raids as rainy season nears close. |
| 09/11/1935 |
Cuts and Outs. 16th ASSEMBLY OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS. General view of League - inside view of Palace - Litvinoff - Ethiopian representative - view of academy- scenes showing Ethiopian cruelty - arrival of delegates - speeches by Ruiz Guinazu of Argentina, Pres. of council, Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia and Samuel Hoare of Great Britain. |
| 09/25/1935 |
ETHIOPIA RUSHES TROOPS TO FRONT. Native army goes forward to face Italian forces - Emperor calls 800,000. Sub. 1 - General Makalle, who helped defeat Italy at Adowa in 1896, supervises departure of Imperial Guards for Eritrea and Somaliland frontiers. |
| 09/25/1935 |
WAR DRUMS IN ETHIOPIA. Italian troops, war drums in villages. |
| 09/25/1935 |
Cuts and Outs. ETHIOPIA RUSHES TROOPS TO FRONT. Native army goes forward to face Italian forces - Emperor calls 800,000. |
| 10/02/1935 |
ITALY STRIKES! "WAR" BEGINS IN ETHIOPIA! Britain takes no chances as England's mightiest warships stand guard at Gibraltar. More sea-fighters are stationed in the Suez Canal to protect Britain's "lifeline of empire." In Addis Ababa thousands of volunteers swarm into Capital as air raid drills are started. Italy's answer shown in first films from Eritrea where thousands of Mussolini's troops pass in review before advancing on Ethiopian border. |
| 10/02/1935 |
Cuts and Outs. ITALY STRIKES! "WAR" BEGINS IN ETHIOPIA! Britain takes no chances as England's mightiest warships stand guard at Gibraltar. More sea-fighters are stationed in the Suez Canal to protect Britain's "lifeline of empire." |
| 10/07/1935 |
ITALY AVENGES DEFEAT OF 1896! ADOWA FALLS! A visualized summary based on International News Service War dispatches by Floyd Gibbons and H. R. Knickerbocker at the front in Ethiopia. Sub. 1 - First scenes from Asmara of actual start of Italy's troops on the advance to Adowa. |
| 10/12/1935 |
Complete Newsreel. ITALIANS PRESS ON IN ETHIOPIAN WAR! -- Victorious invaders drive ahead on the Adowa front. Selassie rallies forces. Sub. 1 - General de Bono, Commander-in-Chief, and Count Ciano, Il Duce's flying son-in-law, are hailed as heroes by troops of Adowa push. Sub. 2 - Cannons go forward as road builders transform muddy trails into modern highways. Sub. 3 - In Addis Ababa, Emperor Haile Selassie presides at great festival as priests pray for army's success. Sub. 4 - While other diplomats pay respect, Italian Minister Vinci-Gugluicci stands by until he gathers his staff from interior. Sub. 5 - Ethiopian troops, presenting a surprisingly efficient appearance, stream away for the front. BRITAIN PREPARES! ORDERS BIGGER NAVY RUSHED! -- Premier Baldwin, Ramsey MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announce Empire's determination to halt Mussolini's African adventure. METROTONE SNAPSHOTS. J.D. ROCKEFELLER, 96, ARRIVES IN FLORIDA -- "Neighbor John" is greeted by townsfolk at Ormond. Interesting views of aged oil king who has determined to reach century mark. WILD WEST COMES EAST WITH PLENTY OF FIREWORKS -- Bucking broncos hit New York with a bang and, as usual, cowboys get all the worst of it. SAFETY BAG AIDS WAR ON CRIME -- Chicago police try out new device to trap bandits and it proves quite a surprise package. REAL THRILLER FOR GRIDIRON FANS! -- Yale Bulldog in sensational come-back snatches victory from surprised Quakers. CORNHUSKERS LOSE TO BIG 10 CHAMPS -- Minnesota wins 12 by 7 in lively battle with Nebraska eleven. DARK HORSE WINS $90,000 FUTURITY -- Last Dollar Dan sunk again as Tintagel 7 to 1 shot, takes rich Belmont classic. |
| 10/16/1935 |
ETHIOPIA WAR SPECIAL! FIRST ACTUAL FILMS OF GREAT ADOWA DRIVE. Official pictures from the Italian front! First authentic scenes of the tremendous push by Il Duce's men to avenge the defeat of 1896 with a vivid description by Edwin C. Hill, based on the eyewitness stories, from the front line, of Floyd Gibbons, famous war correspondent. |
| 10/19/1935 |
EMPEROR'S PLEA STIRS ETHIOPIA. Wild scenes in Addis Ababa as natives vow fight to death against invading Italians. Sub. 1 - Fifty nations vote to boycott Italy. Intimate views of outstanding personalities at Geneva with Captain Anthony Eden, Britain's League Minister, making plea that brings action. Sub. 2 - Rome, undisturbed by threatened sanctions, rejoices over news of triumphs - 25,000 new Fascist officers march in victory parade before Mussolini. |
| 10/28/1935 |
SELASSIE'S CHIEFS DESERT TO ITALY. Ethiopians pledge loyalty to conquerors at Aduwa in spectacular ceremony. |
| 11/21/1935 |
PRESS CARAVANS DEPART FOR DESYE, ETHIOPIA. Difficulties of Hearst news truck - Varges - camp. |
| 12/06/1935 |
WAR SCENES FROM DESYE, ETHIOPIA. Torpedoes broke. |
| 12/10/1935 |
10,000 SHRIEKING WARRIORS PARADE BEFORE HAILE SELASSIE, ASSURING HIM OF THEIR LOYALTY, ADDIS ABABA. |
| 12/13/1935 |
THE HARLEM EAGLE COMES HOME. Splendiferous Colonel Julian, arriving at New York, brings sad news that Emperor Selassie is no friend of the Negro. |
| 12/16/1935 |
HAILE SELASSIE WITH PRINCE MAKOUNNEN AT ADVANCED FIELD HEADQUARTERS STUDYING MAP. |
| 12/30/1935 |
WOMEN OF ITALY BACK MUSSOLINI. Patriotic fervor in Rome as thousands of mothers join in Faith Day sacrifice. Sub. 1 - A shake-up on the war zone as Marshall Badoglio relives Marshall de Bono as commander in chief. |
| 01/21/1936 |
MAPS OF ITALIAN INVASION. |
| 01/29/1936 |
VARIOUS MAPS OF ETHIOPIA. |
| 03/09/1936 |
Cuts and Outs. CONFERENCE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. Palace of the League of Nations; Tecle Hawariat; Baron Aloisi; Laval; Litvinoff; Cemal Husun. |
| 05/04/1936 |
THE LION OF JUDAH FLEES INTO EXILE. Film studies of Ethiopia's Emperor who quit throne as Italians triumphed. |
| 05/06/1936 |
Complete Newsreel. THE DRIVE THAT WON THE WAR IN ETHIOPIA! -- First films of the "big push" as Italy's army completes conquest of African empire. MUSSOLINI TURNS FROM WAR TO START NEW CITY -- With Abyssinian victory assured, Il Duce drives tractor plow to mark site of Aprilia on reclaimed Pontine marshes. "DRYS" OPEN 1936 ELECTION BATTLE --Fireworks mark party's national convention. The campaign's on! RAMMED SHIP SINKS AS CREW IS SAVED -- U.S. Coast Guard rushes to aid of Canadian Planter in crash off Natucket. FAMOUS WIND-JAMMER WRECKED ON BRITISH COAST -- Herzogin Cecelie goes on rocks off Devonshire after winning grain ship race from Australia to England for eight time. METROTONE SNAPSHOTS. Sub. 1 - "POKER FACE" SWAPS RACKET FOR PALETTE -- Helen Wills Moody works on her paintings in San Francisco for future exhibition in New York City. Sub. 2 - UNUSUAL BEAR CUBS MAKE THEIR DEBUT -- Triplets, born of a kadiak mother and a polar bear father see outside world for first time at Washington, D.C. Sub. 3 - PICK MISS AMERICAN COW FOR 1936 -- First bovine beauty contest ever held is staged at Sabetha, Kansas, with the bossies all prettied up by fair owner. THE BIG FIGHT! Brown Bomber Joe Louis and ex-champ Smeling start warming up. Sub. 1 - At rival camps in New York State, Detroit Dynamiter shows he's not worrying while Maxie tries out new training system. BONE BENDERS HALTED FOR ROUGHNESS. "Rasputin the Terrible" and "Cowboy" Hughes are stopped in New York bout because of strenuous man-handling - (of all things). |
| 05/16/1936 |
HAILE SELASSIE ARRIVES IN PALESTINE. |
| 05/18/1936 |
ALL ROME HAILS A NEW EMPEROR! Joyous crowds hear IL Duce announce Italian King's sovereignty over Ethiopia. |
| 12/30/1936 |
THE NEWS PARADE OF 1936! WORLD'S GREATEST LOVE STORY -- The empire shaking romance of Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson from its beginning before the death of his beloved father, George V, to the crisis that ended in Britain's first abdication, with intimate studies of the principal actors in a drama that stunned the world. CONQUEST OF AIR AND SEA -- Giant Hindenburg inaugurates regular transatlantic service - Queen Mary is new blue ribbon ocean greyhound. ITALY BECOMES EMPIRE -- Ethiopia crushed, King Victor Emmanuel is hailed as first Roman Emperor in 1,500 years - Haile Selassie pleads to League in vain. HAUPTMANN DIES IN CHAIR -- Final chapter of famous Lindbergh baby kidnapping is written in Trenton, New Jersey, jail. STORM AND FLOODS TAKE RECORD TOLL! HURRICANE DEVASTATES EAST COAST -- from Virginia to New England tropical storm sweeps shore line for 1,000 miles - Norfolk inundated - fishing fleets struck. TORNADO FLATTENS GEORGIA CITY -- 100 mile-an-hour wind wipes out most of Gainesville in three minutes of fury - fires add to terror. RAGING RIVERS SWEEP WIDE AREAS -- Worst floods in east in thirty-three years paralyze Pittsburgh, Johnstown and scores of other cities and villages. A YEAR OF TURMOIL IN EUROPE -- Paris sees turbulent rioting - France elects first Socialist Premier in swing to Left. GERMANY SCRAPS PEACE TREATIES -- Berlin puts the finishing touches to Versailles agreements and resumes watch on Rhine. CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN -- Graphic resume of fratricidal conflict that has so far cost 500,000 lives. AMERICA GOES FORWARD -- Democracy triumphs - Roosevelt's landslide re-election ends campaign bitterness - in South America, Western Hemisphere echoes his prayer for a world without war. |
| 02/19/1941 |
HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA! |
