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The Gates of Italy

1943 21 min
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This short 1943 documentary from the World in Action series zooms in on Benito Mussolini, the politician and National Fascist Party leader who led Italy into World War II. Examining his confused dictatorship, the film reveals the political and military dilemma of the impoverished Italian people as Mussolini goes down to defeat and is finally ousted, on 25 July 1943.

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This short 1943 documentary from the World in Action series zooms in on Benito Mussolini, the politician and National Fascist Party leader who led Italy into World War II. Examining his confused dictatorship, the film reveals the political and military dilemma of the impoverished Italian people as Mussolini goes down to defeat and is finally ousted, on 25 July 1943.

Politics and Government War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films Foreign Countries All subjects
  • producer
    Stuart Legg
    Tom Daly
  • script
    Stuart Legg
    Tom Daly
  • editing
    Stuart Legg
    Tom Daly

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