Ancient Customs in the Country - the World is Watching
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1935-8-7
Abyssinia, the country the whole world is watching owing to the likelihood of war with Italy in the autumn, has many customs which go back for centuries. Here is an interesting picture of a picturesque Abyssinian chief who has just received a titl...
Keystone View Company
Bombing of Dessye
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1935-12-16
Actual pictures flown direct from Abyssinia.
These pictures of the bombing of the American Hospital at Dessye were brought by courier to Addis Ababa whence they were flown direct to Paris by Mr. Roland Falk, a London pilot. Mr. Falk flew part of ...
Planet News Ltd.
Emperor of Ethiopia after a Trek through Jungle
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After a trek of 200 miles through jungle the Emperor of Ethiopia has set up a camp in his own country protected by his own patriots and a few Officers. The Emperor mounted on a horse returning to the camp after making a tour of inspection of the s...
Principal Information Office India
The Crossing of the Omo
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1941-7-13
Ras Gorussa crosses the river at the head of his army, riding a white horse and wearing a green captured Italian uniform with a nonchalance more impressive than the forced dignity of seventeen Mussolinis.
(Photograph to be acknowledged to Ministry...
War Office Photographs
Italian Native Camel Riders
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To the Italian Abyssinian quarrel. O. P. S. Italian native camel riders on a patrol near the Abyssinian frontier.
Keystone View Company
Ras Seyum, Chief of the Abyssinian Army
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1935-10-23
Ras Seyum, Chief of the Abyssinian Army in the North who are now fighting the Italians.
Ras Seyoum, who is reported to have crossed the Eritrean frontier.
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.
Ethiopia: Cement Works New Mugher
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Built with the help of the GDR and Cuba, Ethiopia's biggest cement works, New Mugher, will soon be completed. Engineer Peter Urban (l.) from the GDR instructs his Ethiopian colleagues in the operation of the switching station.
Still a few years ag...
Zentralbild
"Desertification Means Famine"
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Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme