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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.