1937 LIBYA / POLITICS: Benito Mussolini curtails Libyan trip at short notice and flies back to Rome

Date: 25th March 1937

Location: TRIPOLI, N. AFRICA

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Il Duce rushes home: crises end Libyan trip

LIBYA: Tripoli

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High angle view of procession in Tripoli Street

Semi view Benito Mussolini (Prime Minister of Italy) and others on horseback

Crowd applauding

More men along on horses

High angle view of sword ceremony

Arab horseman holding sword

Mussolini receiving sword

Mussolini waving sword around

Crowd applauding

Semi view of Mussolini and Italo Balbo (Governor-General of Libya) and others

General view explosion

Close up PAN from Balbo to Mussolini

Semi view tank flame thrower

Back view Mussolini watching dance

Semi view dance

General view aeroplanes passing overhead

Semi view horses galloping towards camera

Semi view Mussolini

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