AUSTRALIANS, ITALIANS, AND FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS IN PALESTINE [Main]


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  • Jaar: 1917
  • Speelduur: 9 mins
  • Beschrijving: The film opens with an unrelated scene of Australian troops exploding a shell or mine in a training exercise. 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment 'charges' the camera. One of the men demonstrates steadiness by standing on his saddle. More French Cavalry in tropical kit. General scenes in the Spahi encampment. French colonial troops, probably Algerian, being instructed in the use of the Mitrailleuse Saint Etienne machine gun (?). A race in full pack between French colonial troops and Italian Bersaglieri. The film ends with portrait shots of General Bailloud, commanding the French Contingent, and of Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, commanding the Desert Column.
    Jumbled, unedited film of the training and camp life of the French Contingent of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Palestine Front, 1917.
  • Trefwoorden: EFG1914 / World War I / Chetwode, Philip Walhouse / Bailloud, Maurice Camille / British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, French Contingent / British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Italian Contingent / French Army, French Contingent, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Royal Italian Army & Italian Contingent, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / French Army, Spahi Cavalry Regt 1 / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / Australian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Australian Army, Australian Light Horse / training, French military / training, Italian military / weapons, French - smallarm: Mitrailleuse Saint Etienne machine gun (?) / 01/3(569) / Turkey & Palestine / desert
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechten: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Productiemaatschappij: Topical Film Company
  • Kleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound