3-022-502 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Man Making an Announcement, 1936. 'But il Duce's [ie Mussolini's] protection meant for Ethiopia the onslaught of tanks, guns and bombing planes, and against such force, spears and courage were not enough...With the fall of his capital, Addis Abbaba, Haile Selassie, the Lion of Judah, sought sanctuary in Britain. The World might deem Ethiopia none of its business. Yet, like it or not, the presence of that dignified figure on English soil, was a reminder to the World of its conscience'. The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion. From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 1); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.