VENICE GONDOLA REGATTA - 1930 Venice, Italy holds its annual gondola regatta where the fastest gondoliers go for the glory racing along the city's famous canals.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
ITALIAN MEDIEVAL FOOTBALL MATCH - 1930 During a medieval pageant 25,000 gather in Florence, Italy to watch a game of middle ages football. Knights in armor add authenticity to the occasion.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN ITALIAN AFFAIRS - 1930 While on a tour of Italy Prince Takamatsu (Nobuhito) joins his hosts in paying homage to fallen WWI soldiers. Afterwards Mussolini, not yet a dictator presents colors to the newly formed anti-aircraft regiment.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
MUSSOLINI REVIEWS MASS CALISTHENICS - 1930 Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reviews mass army calisthenics performed by 5,000 boys who are in training to become future soldiers.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
ITALIAN DIVING SUIT TESTED - 1930 A crew and one brave diver in Genoa, Italy test out a new submersible suit that allows a diver to descend to 1,000 feet under the ocean. Diving suits have come along way since this model!
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
MUSSOLINI INSTRUCTS ITALIAN YOUTH - 1930 Five thousand young Italian boys sent to Rome from neighboring towns leave their pitched tents to learn of the new Italy and fascism from Prime Minister Benito Mussolin. 1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
EARTHQUAKE DEVESTATES MELFI, ITALY - 1930 Army soldiers assist in the evacuation of survivors and recovery of the dead from the rubble in Melfi, Italy after an earthquake kills nearly 2,000 and thousands more injured and homeless.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
CORN HUSKING CHAMPIONSHIP - 1930 Iowa farmer Fred Stanek's hands are nothing but a blur as he captures the king of the huskers crown in 80 minutes with more than 30 bushels of corn cleaned. The annual event sees 2,213 pounds of corn husked during the competition. 1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
HUNGARIAN GIRLS PERFORM MASS DRILL - 1930 Thousands of girls stage a mass drill at Hungary's Magyar Festival using their bodies to form intricate patterns on a huge field.
1930 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
