Conquering the Desert

Series

Series Name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue

Issue No.

510

Date Released

8 Jan 1940

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Links in the Chain
2. 2Listening Post
3. 3Cinetops in Brief No 92
4. 4Conquering the Desert
5. 5Behind the Blackout

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

The desert country of Italian North Africa is being transformed, and another batch of colonists arrived at Tripoli to begin a new life in an ancient kingdom.

Keywords

Colonialism

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