MESOPOTAMIA - INDIAN TROOPS BUILD A RAILWAY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MESOPOTAMIA - INDIAN TROOPS BUILD A RAILWAY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 70
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  • Summary: Short film of Indian sappers laying a railway line, Mesopotamian Front, 1918.
  • Description: Flatcars carry the rails, sleepers and the troops themselves forward, as they build the line across the desert. The sappers wave and applaud for the camera. For the final shot the camera is mounted on the leading flatcar as it moves forward.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 70
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB United States of America
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) International Film Service (Production company) Varges, Ariel L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, Indian Engineers (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, Indian: railway building (object name) transport, Indian military - rail (object name) 01/3(567) (event) Turkey & Mesopotamia (geography) desert (concept) camera (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 308 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 70

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