CAMELS AND JAFFA [Main Title]

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  • Title: CAMELS AND JAFFA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 20
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  • Summary: Scenes in Jaffa under British occupation, Palestine Front, probably late 1917.
  • Description: A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men working to unload the tiffin onto the beach appear to be Egyptian Labour Corps under British direction.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 20
  • 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: British Army, Egyptian Labour Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, Palestinian civilian - harbour: surf boat (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc (object name) animals, mammals: camel (object name) 01/3(569) (event) Turkey & Jaffa, Palestine (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: 246 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 20

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