Summary

Title reads: "With the British Forces in Iraq".

Iraq.

C/Us of sign: "Royal Air Force Habbaniya. London 3287 miles, Baghdad 55 miles." Various shots of British machine gun nests looking over Euphrates River. L/Ss from the ground of German bomber dropping its bombs on a dyke from a low altitude, we see the explosion. Various shots of Arab soldiers looking at burnt out wrecks of cars, the remains of a rebel supply column bombed by RAF aeroplanes. Various shots of Iraqi prisoners being put to work repairing bomb damaged dyke. Various C/Us of soldiers of Iraqi army. Various C/Us of the Regent of Iraq, Regent Emir Abdul Illah, with his loyal ministers.

Source British Pathé
Title WITH BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ
Description Title reads: "With the British Forces in Iraq".

Iraq.

C/Us of sign: "Royal Air Force Habbaniya. London 3287 miles, Baghdad 55 miles." Various shots of British machine gun nests looking over Euphrates River. L/Ss from the ground of German bomber dropping its bombs on a dyke from a low altitude, we see the explosion. Various shots of Arab soldiers looking at burnt out wrecks of cars, the remains of a rebel supply column bombed by RAF aeroplanes. Various shots of Iraqi prisoners being put to work repairing bomb damaged dyke. Various C/Us of soldiers of Iraqi army. Various C/Us of the Regent of Iraq, Regent Emir Abdul Illah, with his loyal ministers.
Archive British Pathe
Year 01/01/1941
Duration 00:01:01:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 1117.26

Keywords

Iraq Royal Air Force RAF R.A.F. Habbaniya Euphrates rivers Arabs soldiers machine guns Emir Abdul Illah Second World War wars British
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