Italian School Reopen (1943)

Italy. Various shots of the Italian children going back to school. Interesting shots of teacher removing a picture of Mussolini from the wall and another teacher writing ’Finito!’ over it. Several shots of children learning who their new friends are - USA, Britain, etc. Little girl trying to persuade a boy in Fascist uniform to show V sign - he does it reluctantly and with a very sad face. 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.