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1936 SWITZERLAND / ETHIOPIA: Haile Selassie pleads for help at League of Nations and receives
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1:16Now PlayingDate: 4th July 1936
Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SWITZERLAND: Geneva: League of Nations:
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Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia out of car and into building
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Emperor Haile Selassie onto podium and makes speech SOT
(stops on account of booing & shouting).
Semi view of Emperor making speech SOT
Pan. from delegates to Emperor making speech.
CU. of Emperor making speech.
Long view of Emperor bowing and leaving platform.
(NB: some break up of film towards end)
KEYWORDS:
Royalty / Emperor Haile Selassie Iof Ethiopia (1930-1974) / Negus Haile Selassie / Media / Exiles / Personalities / Journalists / League of Nations / Italian-Abyssinian Conflict
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