Twenty-five Years Ago Today
Twenty-five Years Ago Today
Twenty-five Years Ago Today. Young Fascist parade in the eternal city before Mussolini... Mussolini, in uniform, on horseback, watches as young boys march by -- these children are carrying guns! Scary. Airmen Codos and Rossi win acclaim despite their failure to set a new distance record from Paris to San Diego... Airplane on runway (?), crowd gathers around two men who smoke cigarettes. The worst drought in half a century scourges the nation. Thousands of farms are smothered in dust and sand storms... Dust bowl scenes. In Maine, 30,000 acres of virgin timber burns in one of the state's worst forest fires.... Men pull hoses along road in smoky forest. Disaster. Exiled from Tibet, the then Panchen Lama is greeted by huge throngs in Shanghai, China... Man (Panchen Lama?) walks, looks out at crowds with banners. On the sports pages, a contest for the heavyweight championship...Max Baer challenges mountainous Primo Carnero. Boxers in training. Tracking shot from in front of 5 men running (jogging). Man in boxer shorts jumps rope, slugs punching bag in front of onlookers. Baer (?) warms up too, punches smaller punching bag (punching ball?). David and Goliath, says the VO.