MESOPOTAMIA - INDIAN TROOPS BUILD A RAILWAY
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 70).
Synopsis
Short film of Indian sappers laying a railway line, Mesopotamian Front, 1918.
Flatcars carry the rails, sleepers and the troops themselves forward, as they build the line across the desert. The sappers wave and applaud for the camera. For the final shot the camera is mounted on the leading flatcar as it moves forward.
Titles
- MESOPOTAMIA - INDIAN TROOPS BUILD A RAILWAY (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1918
- Running Time:
- 5 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 308 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB, United States of America
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Information
- cameraman
- Varges, Ariel L
- Production company
- International Film Service
