Second Italo-Ethiopian war. Defensive posts are shown in a field in Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Salassie visits and walks among his Ethiopian fighters. Sights include community walls, statue of a bull, and village surroundings.Some Ethiopian troops are uniformed, but many are not and carry primitive weapons.
Second Italo-Ethiopian war. Ethiopian fighters come out of a public building in Ethiopia. They accompany Emperor Haile Salassie to his car. Ethiopian fighters follow in trucks. An Ethiopian tribesman poses in ancient warrior garb.
Emperor Haile Salassie poses for pictures in front of a tree in Ethiopia. He is then driven away in his car.
Second Italo-Ethiopian (Abyssinian) war . View, from an airplane, of mustard gas being spread over wide area from generators operated by Italian Forces on a river bank in Ethiopia. View from ground of the generators spewing the mustard gas. Numerous steel drums on ground near the generators. One is prominently marked with letter "M." An Italian soldier looks at the gas clouds from an upwind hide out.
African American people line up to volunteer for helping King Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in case of an Italian invasion (Italo-Ethiopian War). People register themselves as Ethiopian volunteers in New York City. A young African American woman registers herself for service as a nurse in Africa.
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.