Haile Selassie pleads for help at League of Nations and receives hostile reception from press (1936)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Without warning, Italian armed forces invaded Ethiopia on October 3, 1935, quickly defeated the Ethiopian Army, and forced Emperor Haile Selassie into exile first in Palestine and eventually in Great Britain. Full Description: (Part Mute) SWITZERLAND: Geneva: League of Nations: EXT Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia out of car and into building INT Emperor Haile Selassie onto podium and makes speech SOT (stops on account of booing & shouting). Semi view of Emperor making speech SOT Pan. from delegates to Emperor making speech. CU. of Emperor making speech. Long view of Emperor bowing and leaving platform. (NB: some break up of film towards end) KEYWORDS: Royalty / Emperor Haile Selassie Iof Ethiopia (1930-1974) / Negus Haile Selassie / Media / Exiles / Personalities / Journalists / League of Nations / I