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View of Iraqi military officers on reviewing stand in Iraq.
High ranking Iraqi military officers posing on a reviewing stand in Iraq, 1942
Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facilities post World War II
Iraqi and British officials at an event involving visitors at a facility of the Iraq Petroleum Company, following World War 2. Officials emerge from a warehouse building. One official wears sunglasses and holds a tobacco pipe. British officials accompanied by wives, walk along a boardwalk to a gangplank, where they climb aboard a ship. Change of scene shows a. street scene at a bridge where several street vendors display their wares. City buildings across the bridge, in background. A man wearing keffiyeh walks past. Camera moves to the wellhead inside an oil drilling rig, where Iraqi "roughnecks" are working with Byron Jackson Company oil drilling equipment. They insert a new section of pipe and proceed with drilling. Views up and down of the drill rig in operation. Views of other areas at the petroleum complex. Two huge pipes lying parallel. A worker climbs stairs of oil tank no. 235. Technicians work on large pieces of piping. View of a ship docked near the facility, on the Shat Al-Arab. At this point, the scene switches completely to the Persian Gulf City of Dubai and a waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque. (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.)
Operations at Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facility after World War II
Brief glimpse of British visitors walking toward a ship, after a postwar visit to an IPC facility in Iraq. Scene shifts to an oil derrick and drilling rig rising above oil storage tanks at a sandy site. Camera pans up the derrick. Change of scene shows gathering of British people with IPC officials at some kind of event. Next, a group of officials is seen briefly, outside a facility warehouse. Two men greet each other. A military officer stands nearby. Camera then jumps to inside the oil rig, shown earlier where Iraqi "roughnecks" wrestle pipe, insert a new section, and continue drilling. View of worker walking among oil tanks at the facility. Views of natural gas compressors; large transmission pipes; and a worker closing one, in a set of valves at the site. Broad view from the derrick, showing supplies and equipment laid out in the sand and a vista of miles, with distant structures including (possibly) worker housing and support facilities.
Animated description about the battle of Kut between Turk and British brigades in Iraq.
Animated description of Mesopotamia Campaign by the British Battalion in Iraq. Diagram shows the position of Turks in the battle of Kut and four positions of Turks at river, marsh at north and at northeast. Reserve force of Turk 38th Division and arrival of British brigade astride river. British south brigade advancing to Turk position. Reserve Turk force move to south. British brigade halted at river advances to main Turk position and south brigade follows them. British brigade attacked from south and west. Turk reserve force backed to the north. Capturing of north position by British Brigade. Turk force withdraws. British force captures position of Kut. Movement of British force from Kut to Baghdad. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon in Iraq.
Animated description of Mesopotamia campaign by British battalion in Iraq. Animation shows defensive positions of Turk forces with Division 51, 45 and 38 at north and Division 35 at south. Animation shows the movement of British brigade from Kut to north. The Turk position found by British. Animated description of British Troops split into four positions and attack Turk forces at four positions. Counter attack by 51st Division. Animation shows the movement in British and Turk Brigade, the movement of British Battalions, the withdrawal of Turkish force to Baghdad and movement of British Force, arrival of Russian force and split of Turkish force to defense from Russians and British at Kut. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon and movement of Turk and British forces in Iraq during World War I.
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon in Iraq. Animation shows the position of Turk and British forces near Kut and the movement of British forces to south. Their attacking position to north. Animation of movement of Turk forces to north. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
