The men of the battalion carry a Star of David flag, and despite the rain have drawn quite a crowd to cheer them. They come level with the Mansion House where the Lord Mayor waits to receive them as they pass.
I. Newsreel item on the march of ...
The King and Queen, in an open landau, drive out of the gates of Buckingham Palace. Their escort is composed of mounted troops of all the Imperial forces: British, Indian and Australian horsemen leading, with New Zealand, South African, Newfoundland, ...
I. Newsreel item on a long mule train, with Indian Army drivers, in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.
II. Brief newsreel item on a long line of limbers and GS wagons making their way forward down a road in the rear areas of the Western Front ...
I. French language version of a newsreel item of an Arab camel train in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.
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Production: see IWM 651a for production details
Summary: note that an English language version of this item is IWM ...
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the building of a giant billboard poster in Trafalgar Square, London, February 1918.
The artist, Bert Thomas, supervises the construction of the poster. It is a mural ...
The battalion is drawn up outside its barracks, somewhere near London. The wife of the brigadier-general commanding the depot presents boxes of shamrocks to the officers, and they in turn pass among the men handing out the shamrocks. The men give ...
Both the fte and the film stress the fact that the Duchess was American. The children present her with a bouquet in their school playground. She addresses them while a child waves a US flag behind her head. On the dais with her is a man in the ...
French language version of a newsreel devoted to a review of the British Empire's war effort, 1914-1918.
The film starts with a declaration that the war was forced upon Britain by "Germany's sinister designs". It ...
I. Newsreel item on British soldiers receiving the surrender of Turkish troops, Mesopotamia, probably May 1918.
The handful of Turks come in from the desert and walk past a British 4.5-inch howitzer. Camels and ...
Wine production at the Jewish settlement of Rishon le Zion, followed by the arrival of dignitaries for the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the Jewish University, both Palestine, summer 1918.
A group of ...
Part of the record made by Lowell Thomas of the Middle East campaign.
UNEDITED AND UNTITLED EXTRACTS FROM LOWELL THOMAS RECORD OF THE MIDDLE EAST CAMPAIGN WHICH INCLUDES LOWELL THOMAS MEETING COLONEL LAWRENCE AND KING FEISAL; ARAB HORSEMEN; LAWRENCE LEADING A CAMEL CARAVAN.
Australian airmen, horsemen and members of the Imperial Camel Corps on the Palestine Front, 1918.
I. The first part shows 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps in Palestine. (Reel 1) The squadron prepares for a ...
Jumbled material of British troops on the Mesopotamian Front, 1917-1918.
The material was mainly used in the WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA series. It opens with two Holt tractors of 13th ...
British film of the inhabitants of the River Tigris shoreline from Basra to Kut al Amara, mostly filmed from a moving boat, 1918 (?).
I (Reel 1) The opening is filmed from the river. First, ...
The Duke of Connaught, on a tour of Egypt and the Palestine Front, inspects units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force with General Allenby, March 1918.
I. The film opens with an attached scene of mule transport and ...
(Reel 1) The film starts with U-35 casting off at Cattaro (not Trieste as given) and passing the Austrian fleet at anchor. The crew of the captured SS Parkgate row to U-35 which the English captain boards. The destruction party goes to the ...
The British campaign on the Palestine Front, February to November 1917.
(Reel 1) The raid against the stronghold of Sayad Ahmed of the Sennusi tribesmen at Siwa, made in February 1917 by a force of three light ...
The occupation of Es Salt by 60th (London) Division, Palestine Front, March or April 1918.
British troops of 60th Division occupied Es Salt twice, between 26 and 28 March, and between 30 April and 3 May. This film ...
