March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938

Identifier
irn1001012
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.134.1
  • RG-60.0915
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

Military convoy of the Second Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment (stationed in Haifa) on the way to Qadun village. The convoy was made up of lorries, machine guns, men, officers, donkeys, cannon, and medical units with the objective to find terrorists around Attil village. Soldiers leave barracks, drive on road. Camels proceed. Convoy going through village with Arabs drawing water in BG. Villager watches convoy. Machine guns. Fields just before Attil village. Arab explains directions to Army. Convoy unloads bombs, mortars, machine guns, donkeys. Soldiers awaiting orders, eating, loading machine guns on donkeys. Lt. Col. W.V. Palmer discussing objective of officers with map of area. 02:37:25 The same military convoy searches for gangs responsible for ambushes in Sahnin village. The ambushes on transportation resulted in death to 8 Jews in 2 weeks. Soldiers repair the road for the convoy to pass over bad spot, Arab plowing with lorries in BG. View of Sahnin village prior to occupation, with Arabs watching Army from rooftops. Soldiers leave convoy and proceed uphill on foot to occupy village. 02:39:29 A Greek priest was brought to the troops instead of the head tribesman. Major Travers and officers speak to priest and other Arabs. Soldiers move to their assigned posts. An Arab is searched. Soldiers place a mortar behind village. An Arab prepares coffee for officers in his courtyard. Town with soldiers on top of hill signaling back. Soldiers drinking tea, using heliograph, returning to lorry. Retake of lorry passing over bad spot in the road.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.

Subjects

Places

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.