WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 333-2 (Spanish version, fragment 2) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 333-2 (Spanish version, fragment 2) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 697b
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Spanish language version of a newsreel item on British horsed transport detouring round the dry Wadi Hersi, north of Gaza, since the retreating Turks have blown the bridge, Palestine, November 1917.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-01-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Department of Information (Production sponsor) War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - movement: march (object name) demolition, Turkish - denial (object name) 01/3(569).6 (event) Palestine & Gaza area <Wadi Hersi> (geography) desert (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Spanish
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 59 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: an additional fragment of this issue is held (also with Spanish titles) as IWM 692b Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 697a, IWM 697c and IWM 697d, the can is marked as IWM 697.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 697b

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