A film titled 'Addis Ababa prepares for seize' shows Italian envoy Count Vinci Gigliucci leave the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Soldiers and civilians pass by a street and soldiers salute the Italian soldiers. Italian soldiers help the natives to learn the usage of gas masks. Many tribesmen enter the city from their temporary camps on the outskirts. American flag painted on sloping roofs seen.
Italian invasion in Ethiopia during the Italo-Ethiopian War. Italian leader Mussolini sends his troops to attack the men of Haile Selassie. Italian soldiers advance in Amba Augher. They disperse on the mountainous terrain between the shrubs. Mountains in the background from which Ethiopian snipers target the Italian forces. Italians strengthen their positions in Amba Augher. Close-up view of machine gun firing toward a sniper atop a cliff, who is hit and falls from the cliff. Italians direct machine gun fire toward Ethiopian forces running on a battlefield.
Foreigners flee from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The last Italian Consul and other officials leave the city. Men seated on horsebacks moving across the area. Men constructing bomb proof shelters. They dig out mud and are engaged in construction work. Officials at a railroad station. They board a train and the train leaves the area.
The Royal Italian Army invades Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The Royal Italian Army invades the African country from the border with Italian Eritrea. Italian infantry moving to Ethiopia on foot. They pass by a large rock formation. Italian L3/35 tankettes (Carro Veloce CV-35) moving into Ethiopia. Royal Italian Army cavalry units charging to Ethiopia.
People demonstrate in New York City, United States. Communists, Pacifists and other liberal anti-war demonstrators protest against war in general and Italy's aggression against Ethiopia (Italo-Ethiopian war). People carrying banners move on streets of New York. Banners read ' stop war' ' Unite against war'. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960.
Italian La Disperata Squadron in Eritrea. An Italian aircraft with a sign on it that reads ' La Disperata' A gunner aboard the aircraft. Men load bombs under the wing of the aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit. The Commander of the Squadron is Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's son in law. Aircraft take off from an airfield to raid Ethiopia.