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The World of the 30s

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on BBC Two England

Portrait of a Decade
Disaster in a Pleasant Climate In Italy, Mussolini builds a fascist state and, to distract attention from economic misery at home, invades Ethiopia - gas-bombing tribal warriors. In Spain, the high hopes of the new Republic perish in the chaos and terror of Franco's civil war.
Commentary spoken by David Swift

Contributors

Narrator:
David Swift
English Language Production:
Henry Foster
Writer/Producer:
Dieter Franck
Source: Radio Times

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