ADVANCE OF THE CRUSADERS INTO MESOPOTAMIA - 3 [Main]


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  • Vuosi: 1920
  • Kesto: 15 mins
  • Kuvaus: A balloon of 23rd Kite Balloon Company defended by a 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun on a lorry mount. A crashed RE8 reconnaissance aircraft (compare with the same scene in IWM 68 MESOPOTAMIA - DIYALA RIVER, KIFRIE ROAD, TUZ KERMATLI). A Holt tractor hauling a 60-pounder through the desert near Ramadi. A 60-pounder firing in the desert. Turkish soldiers surrendering to a British 18-pounder battery. More 60-pounders, described as "naval guns". A British battalion resting in camp. British soldiers swimming in the River Narim close to the damaged bridge at Narim Kopris. Women refugees in Baghdad sewing clothing and sorting munitions under the direction of ASC personnel. Ezra's Tomb at Qurna, described as "a Turkish Mosque". Marsh Arabs trying to sell eggs to passing boats. A panorama of Baghdad. A dredger on the River Tigris. A diver "repairing boats captured from the Turks". (Compare with the same scene in IWM 65 WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA - SERIES 6.) Local boats, 'ballams', in Khora creek. A street in Baghdad, including the silversmith Zahroam of Amara. The monuments erected by the Turks at Kut to their war dead.
    British forces on the Mesopotamian Front, September 1917.
  • Avainsanat: EFG1914 / World War I / Zahroam of Amara / British Army, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force / British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Kite Balloon Section 23 / aircraft, British - balloon: observation kite balloon / aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment RE8 & [wrecked] & [+] / transport, British military - prime mover: Holt tractor / weapons, British - gun: 60-pounder / weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun / prisoners of war, Turkish - surrender / combat, British - artillery bombardment / recreation, British military - casual: swimming / buildings, Mesopotamian - historic / society, Mesopotamian - ethnic / ships, British auxiliary - harbour: dredger / equipment, British naval - personal: diving helmet / ships, Mesopotamian civilian - inland: ballam / industry, Mesopotamian - craft / arts, Mesopotamian - ethnic / buildings, Turkish - monumental: war memorial / 01/3(567) / Turkey & Ramadi area, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Narim River, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Narim Kopris, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Qurna, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Baghdad, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Tigris River, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Khora Creek, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Basra, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Kut al Amara, Mesopotamia / desert / sex
  • Sisältölähde: Imperial War Museums
  • Oikeudet: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Tuotantoyhtiö: Jury's Imperial Pictures
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound