[MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD] [Allocated]


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  • Other title(s): [MESOPOTAMIA - BABYLON AND BAGHDAD] [Allocated]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 11 mins
  • 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.
    The ruins of Babylon and the town of Baghdad under British occupation, 1918 (?).
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force / weapons, Turkish - gun [AA]: [captured] & [damaged] / operations, British military - maintenance / transport, Mesopotamian civilian - animal packload / agriculture, Mesopotamian - arable / buildings, Mesopotamian - historic: Temple of E'Sagilo / arts, Mesopotamian - architecture: Babylon / animals, mammals: mule / 01/3(567) / Turkey & Babylon, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Tigris River, Mesopotamia / Turkey & Baghdad, Mesopotamia / desert
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: International Film Service
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound