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British troops march through Bethlehem, Palestine, during World War I
British troops of the 4th Sussex Regiment, 53rd (Welsh) Division, marching through Bethlehem, Palestine, on December 9, 1917. Local populace watches as the troops march through the town.
British Army Engineers build railroad to carry troops and supplies during Palestine campaign in World War I
British Army Engineer troops are seen laying and setting sections of railroad track in the desert, during the Palestine campaign of World War 1. The materials needed are carried by a flatcar which moves along the new track as it is installed. Several of the troops rest momentarily, next to a steam locomotive that has been backing the supply train along the track.
British Army moving heavy artillery with Holt tractor in Palestine, during World War I
British army in Palestine, employing a caterpillar tractor (Holt tractor) to move heavy howitzers in the desert. Troops ride on the guns and carriages. British troops encamped at an oasis.
British troops occupying Jerusalem during World War I
Views of Jerusalem, Palestine, following entry of the British, under General Sir Edmund Allenby, on December 11, 1917, in Worid War 1. A minaret and the Dome of the Rock, mosque. Outer view of the mosque, with the fountain for worshipers to wash in before prayer, and men on its steps. A guard detail of British troops marches past, in formation. British soldiers on camels. A captured Ottoman soldier being questioned by British interrogators. British troops inspect a well that had been sabotaged by retreating Ottoman forces. British troops on parade, in full battle gear, with their unit leaders saluting as they pass reviewing officers (unseen). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Irrigation of carrots and bananas in Palestine.
Landscape of a desert, a young man works on irrigation ditch in foreground. Two young women watering young trees for settlement. Men adjusting sprinklers for field of carrots. Sprinklers in action irrigating farmland. Woman in rubber boots and a man, irrigate new banana grove. In foreground workers finish the building up of cement canal for irrigation. Men planting banana trees and erecting sprinklers. Bananas loaded on to a cart.
Youth wearing armbands monitor traffic during Hebrew Sabbath driving ban on street in Tel Aviv, Palestine
View of Tel Aviv toward the sea. View of Tel Aviv toward the desert. It is the Sabbath, and very quiet. Young men wearing armbands with Hebrew inscription, monitor traffic in the street on the Sabbath, when private cars are not supposed to be operating.. They stop a private car and surround and converse with the driver on the sidewalk. Several official and military vehicles pass by unhindered. They stop another private car whose driver steps from the car and shows them his authorization to be driving. The youths stand about, on empty Allenby Avenue, which goes down to the sea, completely devoid of cars moving or parked. Clock on pole reads 11:05.
