BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH GENERALS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE 1918 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 43
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  • Summary: Portrait shots of British generals of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and of General Sir Edmund Allenby, 1918.
  • Description: I. Lieutenant-General Sir William R Marshall, C-in-C of the MEF, filmed wearing a cap, then a sun helmet. II. Major-General W Gillman, chief of staff of the MEF. III. Major-General H T Brooking, commanding 15th Indian Division, MEF. IV. Major-General the Honourable R Stuart Wortley, the Deputy Quartermaster-Genera l of the MEF. V. Major-General F F Ready, the Deputy Adjutant-General of the MEF. VI. General Sir Edmund Allenby, C-in-C of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • 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: Marshall, William R (person) Gillman, Webb (person) Brooking, Harry Triscott (person) Stuart-Wortley, Alan Richard M (person) Ready, Felix F (person) Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 01/3(569) (event) 01/3(567) (event) Turkey & Mesopotamia (geography) Turkey & Palestine (geography)
  • 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: 212 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: the scene of Allenby appears also in IWM 13, and was probably not taken by Varges, but attached to this film at a later date.
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