Reports: The surrender of Adowa and Aksum, reported by Eric Dunstan
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 8
- Section Title
- Reports
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Abyssinia. Surrender of Adowa and Aksum. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Italian advance on the outskirts of Adowa. The soldiers are both native and white. Camels on the move. Shot of the Movietone car. A few Abyssinians fly flag of surrender and make Fascist salute. The Italian troops enter the town and hoist flag over the Palace of Ras Tafari. Italian troops near Aksum and the Abyssinians surrender. The Coptic priests meet the Italians.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Ethnic groups; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Animals; Military; Religion and belief
- Locations
- Abyssinia; Adowa
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 4014
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Eric Dunstan
- Length of story (in feet)
- 54
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