STAFFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY AT METULLA AND TIBERIAS, PALESTINE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 726).

Synopsis

Home movie shot apparently of the Staffordshire Yeomanry at Metulla and Tiberias in 1940.

There is film of a horse-jumping display and of street scenes in Metulla and Tiberias. There are various shots of the cavalry unit attending to their horses here. There are scenes of a family playing about on the beach, presumably the Sea of Galilee. There is a sequence of an Imperial Airways Short Flying Boat, called 'Camilla', landing on the sea. The film ends with a group of soldiers being drilled in a Palestinian street, with Arab boys watching. Much of the film is poorly exposed.

Notes

Technical: 8mm original copied onto 16mm for preservation.

 

Titles

  • STAFFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY AT METULLA AND TIBERIAS, PALESTINE (Allocated)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1940
Running Time:
12 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
440 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Berger, Oliver (Colonel)