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)