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A camel caravan of British troops advances out of Jerusalem in pursuit of retreating Ottoman forces in World War I

A caravan of British troops on camels, proceeds from the captured city of Jerusalem, to engage Ottoman forces in Palestine. They are seen moving across the desert in a line that appears to stretch for a mile. Scene changes to remains of a well and its apparatus that has been destroyed by retreating Ottoman forces.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029252
Carvings on walls depicts King of Assyria Sargon invading Samaria capital of Israel.

The history of the region of Palestine. An animated map of Egypt, Syria desert and Judea. A statute of Assyria King Ashurbanipal. An inscription on a wall depicts the successor of the King on a chariot. The horses of the King. In 721, King of Assyria Sargon on a chariot moving to capture Samaria, capital of Israel. A man walks in ancient ruins of an old Roman amphitheater. Aerial view of olive orchids in the region. Art carving depicts Assyrian warrior Nebuchadnezzar capturing Jerusalem, and a woman pleading for her life.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047422
British engineers lay railroad tracks in Palestine. Troops Bivouacked in palm grove.

British military engineers (they appear to be Australian and or New Zealand, ANZAC, troops) constructing a railroad line in Palestine during World War I. Some drive spikes to secure the new rails, as others position them with long steel poles. Teams of local laborers carry materials forward from the track-laying supply train that moves forward as track is installed. Another scene shows a holt tractor pulling British artillery and men across the sand. Final scene is of British troops bivouacked in a grove of palm trees. The Suez Canal is visible in far background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026013
Dome of the Rock shrine; British troops interrogate Turkish prisoner of Ottoman Army in Palestine during World War I.

British troops in Palestine after the end of Ottoman rule during World War I. Mosques and minarets. Al Aqsa Mosque and view of Dome of the Rock Islamic shrine at Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Australian soldiers on camels. A Turkish prisoner of the Ottoman Army is interrogated by British soldiers. The troops inspect a well destroyed by retreating Ottoman troops.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060924
British soldiers march along with officers through captured Jerusalem in Palestine during world War I.

British soldiers capture Jerusalem in Palestine during World War 1. British soldiers march through the streets of captured Jerusalem. Two officers talk to each other. Horses in the background. Soldiers march in formation. British soldiers march over an uneven sandy terrain.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067815
A deserted hospital; Arab combatants, and view of old city in Jerusalem during 1948 Arab-Israeli war

Various views of Old city of Jerusalem and damaged buildings. Interiors of a deserted hospital in Jerusalem with Arab combatants. Two Arabs with rifles at window of the building look outside. Bullet holes can be seen on walls inside the deserted hospital building. Arab soldier with a gun aims through window. A cleric inside the hospital with Arabs. Arabs and religious cleric duck while they pass through the room.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038978