Believe, Obey, Fight!

Casa Littoria in Sampierdarena, Italy

Named after Arnaldo Mussolini, Duce's brother (d. 1931)

Inaugurated on October 28, 1933

People's Glider

The Zögling was a German high-wing, cable-braced, single seat primary glider designed by Alexander Lippisch (later of the tailless jet planes fame) in 1926 and produced by a variety of manufacturers including Piero Magni (Italy).

Image source: Delcampe

Palace of Science

Palazzo delle Scienze by Tullio Cralli

1930

via airflowed @ Flickr

Sea Cruises

Xanti Schawinsky

A poster for Cosulich Società Triestina di Navigazione,

a part of Flotte Riunite (Italia Line)

1934

via Oldimages @ Flickr

A few pictures of Cosulich liners

Exhibition Halls

The Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution (Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista) was a show held in Rome at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni from 1932 to 1934. Opened by Mussolini on 28 October 1932, it had 4 million visitors.

Its director and designer was Dino Alfieri, with the cooperation of Luigi Freddi and Cipriano Efisio Oppo. Seen as a great success, it was repeated in 1937 and 1942, though these two repeats did not have the same public success.

Telling the evolution of Italian history from 1914 to the March on Rome, it was never conceived as an objective representation of the facts or as being solely based on the exhibiting of historic documents, but as a work of Fascist propaganda to influence and involve the audience emotionally. For this reason not only historians were called in to assist in the exhibition, but also exponents of various artistic currents of the era, such as Mario Sironi, Enrico Prampolini, Gerardo Dottori, Adalberto Libera and Giuseppe Terragni.

Info: Wikipedia

Aeropittura

THAYAHT (Ernesto Michaelles)

Paracadutista / Parachutist

1931

via THAYAHT Facebook page

Phone on the Wall

General purpose device

Fabrica Apparecchiature per Communicazioni
Italy, 1930s

Source: Telmuseum

Vittoria Garage

OM (Officine Meccaniche, of the first Mille Miglia race fame) dealers in Northern Italy

A poster by Piquillo

1930

Modern Fortress

Finance Guard barracks, Codigoro

(Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Photo by gippi52 @ Flickr

Skull and Bones

Italian Submarine Barbarigo at Bordeaux in the Spring of 1943

via FrigateRN @ Flickr

Read about it (EN)(IT)

Watch the video:

Military Engineers

M. Barberis. A poster for National Engineers Corps Association reunion

1938

Split-Second Chrono

Italian ad for Zenith watches

1936

Flying Diesel

The Fiat A12 petrol (gasoline) engines was converted to a diesel running engine, the AN.1. It had six cylinders of 5.51 x 7.09 in (140 X 180 mm), with a displacement of 1,015 cu in (16,627 cc), producing 180 hp at 1,600 rpm.

A converted Ansaldo A.300 (also designated Fiat AN.1) fitted with this engine made the first recorded flight of a diesel-engined plane in Italy when it flew from Turin to Rome in June 1930.

Sources:

Oldengine, Giampaolo Ferone collection

Vertical Elegance

Termini Station, Rome

Photo by Colombaie @ Flickr

Some Guns

Division 9 Italian battleships at Taranto Gulf, firing in the summer of 1940.

Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto ready to fire her 15 inch guns at British ships at battle of Cape Matapan 28th March 1941.

via tormentor4555, on Flickr

Then They Took New York

Led by Gen. Italo Balbo, a formation of 25 Savoia Marchetti S.55X twin-hull flying boats flew from Orbetello (Toscana) to Chicago via Amsterdam, Londonderry, Reykjavik, Cartwright, Shediac, and Montreal. Greeted by a huge crowd of the Century of Progress exhibition visitors, the formation proceeded to New York, and returned to Italy via Shediac, Shoal Harbour, Ponta Delgada, and Lisbon.

They did it in one month and 12 days. One aircraft was lost in an accident during return flight.

A Drop of Summer

Marcello Dudovich. Conte Verde Cruises

1930s

It Should Be a Great Day

Great Aviation Day

1934

Propaganda: Black Shirt

Paolo Garretto

1932

Sleeping Cars

"Night Travel in Wagons Lits" - poster issued by Wagons Lits, Italia

Designed by A M Cassandre

1931

A very 'typical' Cassandre railway poster of a style that is so of its period! The bold and simple design is for night services run by Wagons Lit and the Italian State Railways.

Via mickeyashworth @ Flickr