AUSTRALIANS IN SYRIA [Main Title]

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  • Title: AUSTRALIANS IN SYRIA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 473
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  • Summary: Film showing the Australian army in Syria.
  • Description: The film includes shots of Syria, including farmland; Australians on horseback; building a bridge; tanks cutting across the land; building roads; an Australian travelling on a motorbike and distributing letters to those working on the road; arriving at a big house; a meeting of various troops and officials.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 473
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Production Details: Commonwealth Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Australian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, mammals: horse (object name) communications, Australian military - message (object name) engineering, military, Australian: bridge-building (object name) operations, Australian military - routine (object name) Syria (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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