Mussana Aka Massawa (1936)

Title reads - Massawa. Abyssinia. (Ethiopia). L/S as the camera pans across huge amounts of supplies, stores and munitions on the dock at the Port of Massawa. They have been sent from Italy to keep the troops supplied. L/S of a policeman directing a lorry out of the dock. M/S of the “Calabria“ and another ship carrying reinforcements. Various shots as they disembark. Note: this story was originally part of ’News in a Nutshell.’ FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage ca
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