the ADVANCE IN PALESTINE [Main]


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  • Jaar: 1919
  • Speelduur: 80 mins
  • Beschrijving: (Reel 1) Most of the scenes are of Indian troops of 15th Cavalry Brigade, 5th Cavalry Division. Also shown in the advance are the Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and 'A' Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company; part of 5th Mounted Brigade, Australian Mounted Division; and 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment of the French Contingent. (Reel 2) There is a brief scene of Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode arriving at the Jewish settlement of Zimmaria. The advance continues along the Sea of Galilee, Lake Tiberias, and to Haifa. Indian Cavalry bring in German and Turkish prisoners.(Reel 3) Recruits are given a medical examination, then instruction as pilots and training with the Lewis machine gun as air-gunners. (Reel 4) A training flight by a DH6 bomber and a demonstration of the assembly of an Airco DH9 by Royal Air Force and Women's Royal Air Force personnel, aided by Arab workers. The aircraft is assembled from parts sent out from Britain. (Reel 5) More scenes of the work done by the Zeitoun and Heliopolis training schools in instructing RAF personnel. (Reel 6) An Avro 504A aircraft takes off and demonstrates stunt flying. Part of the sequence is filmed from an aircraft in flight. The film ends with a montage of aircraft in flight, in no particular order, including a Martinsyde Elephant and a Farman Shorthorn, probably all stockshots.
    I. The advance of the Desert Mounted Corps from Nablus to Haifa following the Battle of Mediggo, Palestine Front, 21-27 September 1918.II. Recruit training by the Royal Air Force at the Senior Officers' School at Heliopolis and the Imperial School of Instruction at Zeitoun, Egypt, late 1918.
  • Trefwoorden: EFG1914 / World War I / Chetwode, Philip Walhouse / British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / British Army, Div, Cavalry, 5 / British Army, Honourable Artillery Company, Bty A / British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, Nottinghamshire Battery / Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Indian Army, 5th Cavalry Division / British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, French Contingent / French Army, French Contingent, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / French Army, Spahi Cavalry Regt, 1 / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / Australian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Australian Army, Anzac Mounted Division / British Army, Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun / Royal Air Force, Senior Officers' School, Heliopolis / Royal Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force, / operations, British military - movement: march / operations, Indian military - movement: march / operations, Australian military - movement: march / operations, French military - movement: march / buildings, Jewish - residential / prisoners of war, Turkish - movement / prisoners of war, German - movement / training, British air - weapons: machine gun / training, British air - specialist: pilot / medical, British air - preventative / aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland DH6 / aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland DH9 (Airco) / aircraft, British - combat: Avro 504A / aircraft, British - combat: Martinsyde Elephant / aircraft, French - early: Farman Shorthorn & [British] / industry, British - aircraft / 01/3(569) / 01/3(53).5 / 31/3(621) / Turkey & Nablus area, Palestine / Turkey & Haifa, Palestine / Turkey & Sea of Galilee, Palestine / Turkey & Lake Tiberias, Palestine / Turkey & Zimmaria, Palestine / Egypt & Zeitoun / Egypt & Heliopolis / desert / sex / desert / camera / World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechten: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Productiemaatschappij: Jury's Imperial Pictures
  • Kleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound