MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 66
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  • Summary: The ruins of Babylon and the town of Baghdad under British occupation, 1918 (?).
  • Description: 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, from the River Tigris inland, taken from a high point, probably the Tower of Seria. Local inhabitants load mules with grain and lead them out of the city. The film ends with British gunners repairing a captured Turkish gun, probably an anti-aircraft gun of an obsolete design.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 66
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 66)
  • 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)
  • Keywords: weapons, Turkish - gun [AA]: [captured] & [damaged] (object name) operations, British military - maintenance (object name) transport, Mesopotamian civilian - animal packload (object name) agriculture, Mesopotamian - arable (object name) buildings, Mesopotamian - historic: Temple of E'Sagilo (object name) arts, Mesopotamian - architecture: Babylon (object name) animals, mammals: mule (object name) 01/3(567) (event) Turkey & Babylon, Mesopotamia (geography) Turkey & Tigris River, Mesopotamia (geography) Turkey & Baghdad, Mesopotamia (geography) desert (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: 613 ft; Running time: 11 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 66

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