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.
Turkish prisoners of war being marched in formation under guard of British soldiers, in Palestine, during World War 1. British officers enter a building containing large quantities of captured enemy weapons and equipment.
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 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.
Views of the Al Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque in Jerusalem, Palestine. A closeup of the Dome of the Rock Mosque after British capture of Jerusalem in World War 1. A contingent of British troops on guard duty marches past the Dome of the Rock Mosque. Men are seen on the mosque steps. Several British soldiers setting out on camels.
Shows British soldiers questioning a captured Turkish POW in Palestine during World War 1. A translator translates the prisoner's language for the British. A British soldier dictates the translation. Camels and horses in the background.
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