The men of the battalion carry a Star of David flag, and despite the rain have drawn quite a crowd to cheer them. They come level with the Mansion House where the Lord Mayor waits to receive them as they pass.
I. Newsreel item on the march of ...
The King and Queen, in an open landau, drive out of the gates of Buckingham Palace. Their escort is composed of mounted troops of all the Imperial forces: British, Indian and Australian horsemen leading, with New Zealand, South African, Newfoundland, ...
I. Newsreel item on a long mule train, with Indian Army drivers, in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.
II. Brief newsreel item on a long line of limbers and GS wagons making their way forward down a road in the rear areas of the Western Front ...
I. French language version of a newsreel item of an Arab camel train in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.
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Production: see IWM 651a for production details
Summary: note that an English language version of this item is IWM ...
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the building of a giant billboard poster in Trafalgar Square, London, February 1918.
The artist, Bert Thomas, supervises the construction of the poster. It is a mural ...
The battalion is drawn up outside its barracks, somewhere near London. The wife of the brigadier-general commanding the depot presents boxes of shamrocks to the officers, and they in turn pass among the men handing out the shamrocks. The men give ...
Both the fte and the film stress the fact that the Duchess was American. The children present her with a bouquet in their school playground. She addresses them while a child waves a US flag behind her head. On the dais with her is a man in the ...
French language version of a newsreel devoted to a review of the British Empire's war effort, 1914-1918.
The film starts with a declaration that the war was forced upon Britain by "Germany's sinister designs". It ...
I. Newsreel item on British soldiers receiving the surrender of Turkish troops, Mesopotamia, probably May 1918.
The handful of Turks come in from the desert and walk past a British 4.5-inch howitzer. Camels and ...
Wine production at the Jewish settlement of Rishon le Zion, followed by the arrival of dignitaries for the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the Jewish University, both Palestine, summer 1918.
A group of ...
Part of the record made by Lowell Thomas of the Middle East campaign.
UNEDITED AND UNTITLED EXTRACTS FROM LOWELL THOMAS RECORD OF THE MIDDLE EAST CAMPAIGN WHICH INCLUDES LOWELL THOMAS MEETING COLONEL LAWRENCE AND KING FEISAL; ARAB HORSEMEN; LAWRENCE LEADING A CAMEL CARAVAN.
