Crowded market street in Arabia. Houses along the sides of the streets. Policeman clears people away. Prince Faisal poses for picture.
An old man smoking while speaking to another man in Turkey. Men selling newspaper in the market. Women working in a printing press. Man stands in a field. People walk on the street. Founder of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk visits a girls’ classroom. Girls learn cooking, flower arranging, and dressmaking. School girls do synchronized exercises in a field over which the Turkish flag flies. People vote and cast their ballots in various locations. A young Turkish woman casts her vote.
British General Allenby preparing to enter Jerusalem during World War 1. The commander-in-chief talking to commanders of Allied detachments and attaches before the ceremonies. British army officer and diplomat T. E. Lawrence is seen talking to a colleague. Other soldiers stand nearby them holding guns in their hands. Officers stand on the platform. Soldiers gather in the field. Officer addressing the soldiers. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Turkey declares War and formally enters World War 1, on November 4, 1914. Turkish military Governor of Palestine, Djemal Pasha, and ministers are seen leaving the government building in Jerusalem. Turkish mobilization begins. People show enthusiasm. Crowds are seen including a few soldiers, some on horseback, and people beating drums and marching with massed flags.
British soldiers stand at railway station in Arras, France, as a steam locomotive railroad train passes, carrying troops and military supplies during World War 1. One soldier jumps off the train (which is moving very slowly). This is the first train to arrive here in two years. In town, the pipe and drum corps, of the British Gordon Highlanders Infantry Regiment, plays and marches to celebrate as other British troops watch.
British soldiers ("Tommies") relax, huddled in a huge bomb crater on a battlefield in France during World War One. British troops digging trenches and covering parts of them with corrugated steel sheets. Entrenched troops wave to the camera.
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