4a Flashcards
What were nussolini’s aims
Sole controller of Italy and government, saviour of Italy, sent by God, great thinker, supreme patriot
Who described Mussolini as an “extraordinary political tactician”
Historian A de Grand
When was the Fascist Decalogue introduced in schools which included phrases such as “the enemy of Fascism is your enemy” and “Mussolini is always right”
1938
How many people attended the Romanita exhibition in 1937 which featured 30,000 items
1m
Who described Mussolini as having “no patience for long-term prosaic planning”
Historian Clark
What was established in 1926
National Fascist Culture Institute
How many members did the National Fascist Culture Institute have by 1941
200,000
What was the Ministry of Propaganda set up in 1937 known as
Minculpop
What were Mussolini’s aims of controlling the media
Cult of personality, people followed his official views, major propaganda tool to gain support
When was the newspaper law enforced which made prefects responsible for censorship
1923
When was the last newspaper opposition party suppressed
1926
When did the radio become state run
1924 onwards
How many hours of broadcasts was radio on for a day
2
What did the number of radios increase to
40,000 1927; 1m 1938
When was the government agency LUCE set up to create documentaries and newsreels
1924
When did the IRI help fund Cinecitta and therefore help the revival of domestically produced films
1937
Who described cinema as the “most powerful force…has been our film production”
Freddi, director of DGC
When did Carnera become heavyweight boxing champion
1933-35
When did Italy win the football World Cup
1934 and 1938
How many art exhibitions did the government organise a year and when were major ones held in Rome, Venice and Milan
50 and 2-4 years
When was the exhibition of the Fascist Revolution
1932
When did all public buildings have to have 2% of their outside walls used to display some form of art form
1942
Who said about Italian propaganda “more amateurish in their propaganda than the Nazis and the Communists”
Historian Tannenbaum
What did the Vatican’s Observatore Romano increase its daily circulation from
20,000 to 250,000 in the late 1930s
Who had a circulation of 600,000 in 1933, 5 times that of the Fascist Il Popolo d’Italia
Milan based Corriere della Sera
When were Italian cinemas dominated by Hollywood imports
1920s
When were three-quarters of ticket sales for US films and what was the most popular film
1938 and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
