Road Makers (1936)

Item title reads - Road makers in Abyssinia. (Ethiopia). M/S as a truck drives along creating clouds of dust. M/S as a large grab picks up earth, a crane swings it across. Various shots of native Abyssinian workers laying a railway line, M/S of concrete foundations. M/S as a camel pulls a truck on the line. M/S of men digging, one sprays the ground with tar. M/S of Benito Mussolini driving a tractor through a field, it is pulling a plough. Various shots as he ploughs the field. 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 con