Lord Chelmsford presenting colours to the 5th Calcutta battalion.

The arrival of General Sir Edmund Allenby, the new commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, in Cairo, 27 June 1917.

Allenby's train pulls in to the station and he gets down to meet with some civilian ...

French newsreel of the French contribution to the Sherifian revolt in Arabia, November 1917.

Before leaving from Port Said, Colonel Brmond, the head of the French mission to the Hejaz forces, is made a Commander ...

I. French newsreel item on Japanese marines at Port Said, Egypt, November 1917.

The marines, part of the Japanese destroyer flotilla assisting in anti-submarine patrols in the Mediterranean, are rowed ashore from ...

Scenes of Bethlehem, Solomon's Pool and Jerusalem, including General Allenby's visit to Bethlehem on Christmas Day, Palestine Front, 1917.

I. A long sequence of 2/4th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, with its band ...

British guns and forces on the Salonika Front, probably early 1917.

An Indian mountain battery with 10-pounder mountain guns. A British 2.75-inch mountain gun (?) dug in on a hillside under scrim netting. ...

Section only, dealing with Canada. Scenes in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, Saskatoon. Cowboy breaking a broncho at Calgary.

Scenes in Jaffa under British occupation, Palestine Front, probably late 1917.

A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being ...

I. The film follows the construction of the bridge by the divisional sappers from first start in the early morning mists to completion and the first ammunition mules making the crossing.

II. A captured German 77mm field gun is used to shell ...

Jumbled material of the British capture of Jaffa, Palestine Front, November 1917.

I. Troops and transport camels of 52nd (Lowland) Division in the streets of El Mejdel (captured 9 November) including the well inside ...

ACTUALITY. The arrival in Calcutta of a Handley Page aircraft after the flight from England.

Main title (7). "The arrival in Calcutta of the Handley Page biplane" (13). LS of the biplane in flight (30). The biplane lands and taxies to a ...

A history of the Great War, focussing on troops from the Empire.

An opening title outlines the scenes depicted within the film - 'Canadians to Salisbury Plain, England. Indians to Marseilles, France. New Zealanders ...

Mixed film of 60th Division at Jerusalem and the ANZAC Mounted Division at Jericho, Palestine Front, late 1917.

A portrait shot of an unidentified junior officer of the Australian Light Horse. Next an inspection of ...

Views of the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem guarded by Indian troops, Palestine Front, 1917.

A pan over the Mosque of Omar taken from the front of the Mosque of El Aska, followed by a view of the courtyard of the Mosque ...

Alternative version of the film held as IWM 41, assembled by IWM staff to restore some approximate coherence to the material.

The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) ...

Extremely jumbled and mixed rough material - now also held in more coherent form as IWM 42 - of the visit of Lowell Thomas to the deserts of the Middle East, autumn 1917.

The film runs in ...

Unedited film of British forces on the Mesopotamian Front, and of the Arch of Chosroess at Ctesiphon, 1917.

I. (Reel 1) Mainly unrelated scenes. A British 6-inch 26cwt (?) howitzer. Turkish ...

Men of the Newfoundland Regiment, just out of the line, marching to their rest billets, Western Front, possibly May 1917.

The marchers, in greatcoats and helmets, are very muddy. A considerably smarter marching ...

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment in billets at Berneville, Western Front, 9 May 1917.

A posed group of the regiment's officers, six lying down, at least eleven standing up. These include the commanding officer, ...

Jumbled film apparently of the raid into Kurdistan by Norton's Column of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, September 1917.

A limbered 13-pounder battery followed by a vehicle column. Soldiers standing ...

Rough material of British forces on the Palestine Front, 1917.

Most of the film is identical, including the captions, to IWM 17 NEW CRUSADERS. Additional scenes are of rifles firing from concealed loopholes, General ...

Very jumbled film of British forces, mainly on the Palestine Front, otherwise Mesopotamian or Salonika Fronts, 1917-1918.

Some of the film comes directly, including the captions, from IWM 17 ...

General Bailloud decorates three soldiers of British 7th Mounted Brigade at Ismailia, Egypt, 1 August 1917.

A street scene, civilians, mainly dressed in white, walk along the pavement. A car bearing General Bailloud ...

Rough material of the Siwa Expedition of February and events in Gaza and El Arish of March and April, Egypt and Palestine Front, 1917.

A British column of Rolls-Royce armoured cars and Ford Model T light cars ...

Preparations in the Somme offensive leading to the Canadian capture of Courcelette, Western Front, autumn 1916.

I. (Reel 7) Preparations for the battle. 8-inch and 6-inch howitzers fire a bombardment. Mark I tanks, ...

Horse racing in Calcutta.

Spanish generals being shown over the British sector of the Western Front, March-April 1917.

At Fourth Army headquarters, Querrieu Chteau, on 15 April 1917 General Henry Rawlinson shows the visiting generals some ...

I. Burial of Prince Christian.

I. 'OBSEQUIES OF THE KING'S UNCLE. Prince Christian buried with full military honours in St. George's Chapel Windsor.' HA as military band (men of the 2nd Life Guards and Coldstream ...

I. Demonstration of a radio-controlled motor-boat based on the design of the German Fernlenkboote.

I. 'MYSTERY SHIP EXPLAINED. Great interest was shown in the German electric mystery ships, one of which was captured ...

I. Stock footage of ammunition train.

I. 'HOT STUFF FOR FRITZ. An ammunition train of 9.2 shells going up to the Front.' HA as train passes diagonally left to right pulling open wagons filled with 9.2-inch shells and ...

I. General Allenby and General Bailloud in Egypt.

I. 'THE VICTOR OF JERUSALEM. General Sir Edmund Allenby who has rescued the Holy City from Turkish domination, reviews one of our mounted brigades.' Aids hold General ...

British forces on the Mesopotamian Front during and after the Battle of Ramadi, 28-29 September 1917.

(Reel 1) An Indian Infantry battalion (probably from 7th (Meerut) Division, as are all ...

The prisoner of war camp at El Maadi (or Heliopolis ?) in Egypt for Turkish other ranks prisoners, 1917 (?).

Views of the camp, showing that "prisoners have ample room for exercise". The prisoners' band of mandolins, ...

A contingent of the Egyptian Labour Corps from recruitment in Egypt to arrival and work in France, 1917.

A pan of the assembly camp in Egypt, tented and open, where the "recruits of all provinces dressed in various ...

Training and loading methods of a British Army remount squadron in Egypt, probably 1917.

The squadron exists to train fresh horses and mules for British Army war service. The horses are taught to keep at a steady ...

British operations in the Somme offensive between the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the Battle of the Ancre, Western Front, September-November 1916.

(Reel 1) Material from various phases of the Somme offensive ...

The Duke of Connaught reviews men of the Guards Division at Lumbres, near Wizernes, Western Front, 1 November 1916.

All three Guards brigades were at the inspection. The film opens with the men, including the massed ...

I. (Reel 1) Craters left by the Germans in order to hinder pursuit and the flooding from the Omignon River at Caulaincourt. The wrecked sugar factory at Jeancourt. A battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment resting. A mounted patrol coming to a ...

The funeral of Hussein Kemal, first Sultan of Egypt, in Cairo, 10 October 1917.

The chief mourner is the Sultan's brother and successor, Ahmed Fuad I. The road to the palace has many spectators, and British soldiers ...