BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 43).
Synopsis
Portrait shots of British generals of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and of General Sir Edmund Allenby, 1918.
I. Lieutenant-General Sir William R Marshall, C-in-C of the MEF, filmed wearing a cap, then a sun helmet. II. Major-General W Gillman, chief of staff of the MEF. III. Major-General H T Brooking, commanding 15th Indian Division, MEF. IV. Major-General the Honourable R Stuart Wortley, the Deputy Quartermaster-Genera l of the MEF. V. Major-General F F Ready, the Deputy Adjutant-General of the MEF. VI. General Sir Edmund Allenby, C-in-C of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
Notes
Summary: the scene of Allenby appears also in IWM 13, and was probably not taken by Varges, but attached to this film at a later date.
Titles
- BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918 (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1918
- Running Time:
- 4 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 212 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB, United States of America
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Information
- cameraman
- Varges, Ariel L
- Production company
- International Film Service