WWII - 1940, Italy: Von Ribbentrop Visits Rome; New Rome Construction; North African Front

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1940, Italy: Von Ribbentrop Visits Rome; New Rome Construction; North African Front German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop arrives in Rome by train, greeted by Count Ciano ; inspects Italian troops. Rides in motorcade thru the city. 11:28:16 Pan of new construction & government buildings in Rome to gardens & ancient home w/ arches, statues where motorcade arrives. More cheering crowds & review of police & troops. Count Ciano shaking hands & farewells before Ribbentrop climbs aboard railroad car & train leaves station. 11:30:16 Title re the New Rome. New bridge construction on Tibor River; men hoisting arch beams for span; pouring concrete. Pan large apartment complex; men digging foundations, forming reinforcing rods, pouring concrete, cranes moving buckets & dumping. LS . 11:32:18 Title. Boxing match is held for wounded Italian soldiers at a Roman military hospital, various views. 11:32:59 Banked bicycle races for the troops held at Appio Velodrome. Winner congratulated. 11:33:50 Title: Fronte Africano. Desert town & aerials from Italian tri-motor planes; over equipment on flat desert, approach mountains, along coastline, over desert; dropping bombs falling & explosions on desert near Sallum, Egypt. 11:36:03 View over shoulder of machine gunner firing from military airplane 11:36:24 Low along convoy of army truck towards Sidi Barrani. On ground w/ trucks of Italian troops passing, pulling artillery on dirt road & across desert in dust cloud. Motorcycles w/ Italian Bersaglieri along paved road & off across desert. Tanks spread across desert in line, other vehicles. 11:38:56 Aerial over advancing trucks, over Sidi Barrani on coast. Ground shot panning empty buildings, some bombed. Damage & burned. Plane lands next to car w/ motion picture camera & tripod on roof. Pan of anti-aircraft guns w/ troops cranking. The end. WW2; Military Diplomacy; Fascism; Sports; Entertainment; North African Campaign; Egypt; Italian Military Aviation; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk