Italy Opens New Electrified Line (1939)

Full titles read: “ITALY OPENS NEW ELECTRIFIED LINE“ L/S Exterior of Milan station. L/S of small ceremony around war memorial in station, Italian officers give fascist salute in memory of railwaymen who died in first world war. Good L/S from driver’s cab of train as it pulls away from Milan station and moves across Italian countryside. Train passes under bridges and past villages, etc. overhead power lines always visible. M/S from train of crowd on platform at Chiaso greeting the train on its arrival on the Italian / Swiss border. Some members of crowd give the Fascist salute in greeting. 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