PALESTINE (rough material)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 58).

Synopsis

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 Sir Edmund Allenby greeting dignitaries on his entry into Jerusalem, (from IWM 13 GENERAL ALLENBY'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM) a panorama of Alexandria (?), soldiers of the French contingent of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force disembarking from a train, General Bailloud, their commander, leaving his headquarters, and the Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery in training (from IWM 6 INSPECTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS) and using their 10-pounder mountain guns in an anti-aircraft role.

 

Titles

  • PALESTINE (rough material) (Allocated)
  • the NEW CRUSADERS (rough material) (Related)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1917
Running Time:
30 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
1757 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
War Office Cinema Committee
cameraman
Hurley, Frank (?)
cameraman
Jeapes, Harold
Production company
Topical Film Company