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Title:WITH ALLENBY IN PALESTINE : a Lowell Thomas Adventure Film [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1131b
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Summary: Compilation film of events in Palestine, autumn 1917 to spring 1918.
Description: 2nd Battalion, the Black Watch, led by its pipe band along a desert road. "The Australian Camel Corps" (actually pack camels). The bombardment of Gaza in September 1917. A street scene in Jaffa; camels and civilians moving on the Jerusalem-Jaffa road. British soldiers and Indian lancers on the move. A sentry on the Mount of Olives. The Duke of Connaught decorating General Allenby at Mount Zion barracks on 20th March 1918. A panorama of Jerusalem showing the Mosque of Omar and the Wailing Wall, the Well of David, and the Sepulchres of David, Absolom and Rachel.
Production Details: Eastman Kodak Company (Production company)
Thomas, Lowell18921981American writer and broadcaster (Production individual)
Chase, H A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Connaught [George] (HRH Duke of) (person)
Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person)
British Army, Black Watch, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)