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    Unedited film of boats on the River Nile carrying compressed horse fodder ('tiffin'), Egypt, 1918 (?).

    The first boat, a steamer, tows two barges, followed by a Victoria Shipping Line steamer 'pushing' its barges. A ...

     
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    A secret agent spies for the Kaiser's Germany as a double agent, but is able to clear his name with the woman he loves.

     
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    ON THE PALESTINE FRONTGB

    Probably 3rd or 4th Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, with its camel battery, the Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery, training on the Palestine Front, early 1917.

    The display begins with a ...

     
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    KURKUCH 1918

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    The award of decorations to British and Indian soldiers in Kurkuch, Mesopotamian Front, 7-11 May 1918.

    The British held Kurkuch only for a few days in 1918. This film shows British soldiers ...

     
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    The ruins of Babylon and the town of Baghdad under British occupation, 1918 (?).

    The ruins of Babylon, concentrating on the Temple of E'Sagilo and the basalt lion statue, including some ...

     
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    Everyday life in Mesopotamia under the British occupation, 1918.

    (Reel 1) The film's only caption, "Indian troops marching through Baghdad". They are wearing winter clothing. A British horse ...

     
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    British and Indian troops on the Mesopotamian Front, April 1918.

    (Reel 1) A poor quality scene showing a company of Burma Sappers building a trestle bridge over the River Diyala on 16 April. ...

     
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    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. ...

     
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    Miscellaneous stockshots of leading Allied naval officers, circa 1918, many duplicated from other films.

    I. Nelson's Column decorated for a war bonds rally. II. Admiral Sturdee poses with vice-admiral's flag flown at ...

     
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    Scenes on the Cape to Cairo railway.

     
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    Appeal for the War Work Volunteers, incorporating material from IWM 552, THE WAY OF A SHIP ON THE SEA.

    Bringing food from overseas - aerial views of a convoy, escorting cruiser USS Birmingham, and an Astre-Torres ...

     
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    Semi-contemporary material of the first British forces in France and the creation of the massed armies in Britain at the start of the First World War, 1914-1916.

    Arrival of the Indian Corps in Marseilles in September ...