Ethiopians load pack animals. Children practice marching with wooden guns in their hands, supervised by Ethiopian soldiers.
Footage during the Second Italian-Ethiopian war (also Second Italo-Abyssinian War). Ethiopian Air Force officers, in uniform, wearing flyer's wings, discuss a map of the area. Close view of famous African American pilot John C. Robinson, also known as the "Brown Condor" and regarded years later as the father of the Tuskegee Airmen. Robinson, a native of Mississippi, commanded the Ethiopian Air Force after volunteering his services to Haile Selassie. Robinson is seen speaking with Ethiopian pilots. Military vehicle in the background. The fliers converse among themselves.
Two Ethiopian Air Force officers converse in a hangar where several high wing monoplanes are parked with parts of them covered. Camera comes closer to one of the officers near the covered tail of an airplane, who watches several men working on an airplane. He then turns and walks toward the camera. He appears to be John C. Robinson (also called "The Brown Condor"), a native of Mississippi who volunteered to command the Ethiopian Air Force during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. He wears the uniform of a Colonel. Film concludes with closeup of a young Ethiopian officer (unidentified).
Ethiopian fighters gather near large wood and straw buildings in Ethiopia. More arrive in vehicles including Emperor Haile Salassie, who is surrounded by a cordon of Ethiopian fighters and then enters an automobile and is driven away.
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.
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