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[BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918] [Allocated]
1918
Imperial War Museums
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- [BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918] [Allocated]

I. Lieutenant-General Sir William R Marshall, C-in-C of the MEF, filmed wearing a cap, then a sun helmet. II. Major-General W Gillman, chief of staff of the MEF. III. Major-General H T Brooking, comma...

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[MESOPOTAMIA (rough material)] [Allocated]
1917
Imperial War Museums
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- [MESOPOTAMIA (rough material)] [Allocated]
- WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA (offcuts) [related]

Probably offcuts from IWM 61 WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA. (Reel 1) Camouflaged 60-pounder guns firing dug in. A gunner observing from a perch, possibly close to Ramadi. Indian troops unload sacks f...

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[MESOPOTAMIA - CTESIPHON AND SAMARRA] [Allocated]
1917
Imperial War Museums
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- [MESOPOTAMIA - CTESIPHON AND SAMARRA] [Allocated]

I. (Reel 1) Mainly unrelated scenes. A British 6-inch 26cwt (?) howitzer. Turkish prisoners being searched by British troops. A dressing station with Indian orderlies, a motor ambulance and a doctor p...

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WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA - SERIES 4 [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums
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- WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA (rough material) [related]

The material was mainly used in the WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA series. It opens with two Holt tractors of 13th Indian Division hauling a 6-inch 30cwt (?) howitzer across the Narim River at Narim K...

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WITH THE FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA - SERIES 6 [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

I (Reel 1) The opening is filmed from the river. First, Ezra's Tomb, a landmark at Qurna, about 200 km down river from Kut, followed by Qurna itself. The boat continues downstream, passing several sma...

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[MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD] [Allocated]
1918
Imperial War Museums
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- [MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD] [Allocated]

The ruins of Babylon, concentrating on the Temple of E'Sagilo and the basalt lion statue, including some close-up views of relief carvings and mouldings. This is followed by a panorama of Baghdad, fro...

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MESOPOTAMIA - DIYALA RIVER, KIFRIE ROAD, TUZ KERMATLI (sic) [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

(Reel 1) A poor quality scene showing a company of Burma Sappers building a trestle bridge over the River Diyala on 16 April. Punjabis (of 14th Indian Division ?) making chapatis, also on 16th April. ...

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KURKUCH [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

The British held Kurkuch only for a few days in 1918. This film shows British soldiers of 38th Brigade entering the town, followed by a number of soldiers being decorated by the commander of III Corps...

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