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1939 DEFENCE: Italy invades Albania
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2:13Now PlayingDate: 13th April 1939
Location: ABERDEENSHIRE FORBES CASTLE, SCOTLAND DOWNING ST., ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Another Turn of the Axis
ENGLAND: London: Westminster:
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Houses of Parliament / Ministers arriving at Parliament including Anthony Eden (Conservative politician) / Various cars arriving
SCOTLAND: Aberdeenshire Forbes Castle:
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Mrs. Chamberlain, Lord and Lady and Master Forbes & Sir Francis Humphrys posing outside Castle / Chamberlain posing outside castle and turning to enter.
ITALY: Brindisi:
Italian soldiers boarding boat / Fleet of planes lined up and bombs being loaded onto planes / Warships along at sea and planes flying overhead / Guns on board ships / Flotilla of warships
ALBANIA: Tirana:
Crowds in square / King Zog, King of Albania and Queen Geraldine / Zog making radio address / People on streets / Various Albanian men, women and children / Italian? troops in Albania
LIBYA:
Men on horseback with swords / Benito Mussolini (Italian fascist leader)
Military - Active; Italy; Albania
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