PALESTINE (rough material) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PALESTINE (rough material) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 58
  • Other titles: THE NEW CRUSADERS (rough material) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Rough material of British forces on the Palestine Front, 1917.
  • Description: Most of the film is identical, including the captions, to IWM 17 NEW CRUSADERS. Additional scenes are of rifles firing from concealed loopholes, General Sir Edmund Allenby greeting dignitaries on his entry into Jerusalem, (from IWM 13 GENERAL ALLENBY'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM) a panorama of Alexandria (?), soldiers of the French contingent of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force disembarking from a train, General Bailloud, their commander, leaving his headquarters, and the Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery in training (from IWM 6 INSPECTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS) and using their 10-pounder mountain guns in an anti-aircraft role.
  • Alternative Title: THE NEW CRUSADERS (rough material) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 58
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Jeapes, Harold (Production individual) Hurley, Frank1885-10-151962-01-16Australian photographer (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person) Bailloud, Maurice Camille (person) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, French Contingent (regiment/service) French Army, French Contingent, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, Imperial Camel Corps (regiment/service) Indian Army, Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Bty (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military (object name) training, Indian military - weapons: anti-aircraft artillery (object name) weapons, British - gun: 10-pounder mountain gun & [Indian] (object name) 01/3(569) (event) Turkey & Palestine (geography) Egypt & Alexandria (geography) desert (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1757 ft; Running time: 30 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 58

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    IWM 5 (SIWA EXPEDITION [Main Title]) IWM 17 (THE NEW CRUSADERS : with the British forces on the Palestine Front [Main Title]) IWM 13 (GENERAL ALLENBY'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM [Main Title]) IWM 6 (INSPECTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS [Main Title])
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