Flight Over Abyssinia

A travelogue of Ethiopia by plane, automobile and mule, showing the lives, customs, and habits of the people, and the conditions of the country.

Cast

Walter Mittelholzer

as expedition pilot

Gayne Whitman

as narrator

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