THE TURKS [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE TURKS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1062-02a
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Incomplete film of a Turkish Army marchpast, probably not far from Constantinople, 1915.
  • Description: Limbered 77mm field guns pass at the trot, then halt for the crews to dismount. The caption points out that German NCOs lead each column. A posed group of senior officers, including one German in Turkish uniform. The full force, about a division in size including foot soldiers, horsemen and guns, starts its marchpast across a large training field.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1062-02a)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Ottoman Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, Turkish - display (object name) weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [Turkish] (object name) intervention, German/Turkish, governmental (object name) 31/3(560) (event) Turkey & Constantinople area (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 147 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Production: probably an English language export version of German official film of Turkey Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as film IWM 1062-02b, the can is marked as IWM 1062-02
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1062-02a

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