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Music: Bela Bartok (601K)-22 sec.

a 'Duce' is born

photo: Mussolini's balcony in Rome (37K)


Image: Mussolini on balcony of his palace in Piazza Venezia, in Rome, addresses the Italian people, at the height of his popularity, May 5, 1936. (photo credit: unknown)

Music:
excerpt from Concerto for Orchestra (1943) by Béla Bartók
--Load time: ~22 sec.

Prepared by: Linda Fisher & Maria Pia DiBella

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