The signing of the Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935 in Rome, Italy. French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval seated at a desk signs the pact. Dignitaries such as French diplomat Charles de Chambrun stand in the background. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini at the desk signs the pact. He is accompanied by Baron Pompeo Aloisi. A close view of Mussolini signing. Laval and Mussolini both read the agreement.
Italy commemorates its participation in World War I at a Fascist ceremony in Rome, Italy. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III arrive at the Victor Emmanuel II Memorial or Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. They get off a carriage. Soldiers of sixteen regiments lined up at the memorial to commemorate the Italian participation in World War I. The soldiers march past the memorial. Bruno, the son of Benito Mussolini, dons a flight gear and gets into the cockpit of an aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. Mussolini looks on. He decorates his son and hands him a license as an aviator. Benito Mussolini hugs his son.
Prime Minister and Fascist leader Benito Mussolini addresses the Italian people before the invasion of Ethiopia in Rome, Italy. Benito Mussolini looks down from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). He speaks to a huge crowd gathered in Piazza San Marco in downtown Rome.
Seventeen year old boys undergo military training in Rome, Italy. They form the military unit in Benito Mussolini's drive to put the entire able bodied population under arms. Youth undergo rifle training.
Events that took place 25 years ago. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reviews Fascist armored forces in chemical warfare maneuvers outside Rome, Italy. A tank rolls past. Smoke rises in the background. Mussolini with a dignitary. Mussolini and dignitaries watch as Fascist armored forces use poison gas during the maneuvers.
Snow flakes blanket the Roman Forum, Colosseum and other landmarks and monuments. Several people walk on snow covered grounds in the city or Rome. People enjoy a snowball fight under the Arch of Constantine.