HNL 1127 : World War I - Camel and Lighthorse

3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade, including 8th Light Horse Regiment in Judea, January 1918. CUs of makeshift camp activity, soldiers making campfires, tea, chopping wood and smoking. Soldiers on horseback marching through the country. CU of soldiers using machine guns to clear enemy territory, and CU of officer using binoculars. Middle East Campaign. WWI

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Advance of First Australian Light Horse Brigade from Bethlehem to Jericho, February 1918. Soldiers on horseback lead Red Cross covered wagons. Middle East Campaign. Soldiers descending into the Jordan Valley leading horses in trail formation. HA then MS of soldiers, horses and wagons. Australian Light Horse returning from Bethlehem. Column of soldiers on horseback, houses in the background. WWI

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Aerials over Dead Sea, the mouth of the River Jordan, very good aerial showing the winding course of the Jordan, and aerials over Jericho, GS pan township. Images taken in a plane piloted by Captain Ross Smith, 1st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps - AFC, in 1918, 7000 feet over sea level. Middle East Campaign WWI. RAAF

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Air to air shots of passing observation balloons, including a good CU of a blimp. Images taken in a plane piloted by Captain Ross Smith, 1st Squadron, AFC, in 1918, 7000 feet over sea level. Middle East campaign, Plane landing from POV of pilot. Australian Flying Corp, two scenes, returning a plane to the hangar and a CU of a plane in flames WWI. RAAF

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The Imperial Camel Corps, including scenes of a march past with Brigadier General Smith V.C. taking the salute, lines of camels being led to drink water, and scenes of natives pumping water for camels. VS of camels drinking water in troughs. Middle East Campaign. CU of a camel being handled by a soldier. Only one of 6000 camels that could be handled in this way. WWI

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Various scenes of stores being unloaded onto the beach by native workers, and then being packed and dumped including fodder, Scenes of dump with camels laden with stores and resting, attended by native handlers WWI

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Unloading stores at port of Jaffa, (Tel Aviv) scenes of work around the wharves, mainly native workers working and soldiers supervising. WWI

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The Imperial Camel Corps in action, including scenes of troops and camels, soldiers run towards camera and drop into prone position on the sand, ws line of soldiers aiming rifles in prone position and camels bearing the wounded off the field. Middle East Campaign. The bivouac of the Imperial Camel Corps in the desert. Three Australian soldiers Ôboil the billy', and make tea. WWI

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The Hong Kong Singapore Battery in the Middle East, Scenes of Sikh soldiers with camel assembling gun carriers, loading and aiming cannons, supervised by an officer. Imperial Camel Corps in Palestine. Pan across soldiers, camels and tents in background. Middle East Campaign. WWI

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General Chauvel's great advance with the Desert Mounted Corps from Jaffa to Damascus (Sept 1914 - October 1918). Includes scenes of Australian Lighthorse poised for attack. Middle East campaign - ws horses advancing across open land, Australian Lighthorse lying in wadis (channels of a watercourse) waiting for orders to pass into Nablus. Includes scenes of horses in line and soldiers lying in long grass. WWI

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Fifth Australian Lighthorse Brigade (including one French regiment) entering Nablus. Scenes of soldiers on horseback entering town, with street scenes of natives looking on. Middle East Campaign WWI

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Remains of a great Turkish regiment destroyed by British and Australian bombing, near Anebta (September 1918). Other scenes of death and destruction include burnt out equipment, dead and dying animals still harnessed to carts, and a CU of a cannon. Turkish prisoners of war being sent along the Plains of Sharon controlled by British soldiers WWI

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Simmarin, a Jewish village Ôdelivered' by General Chauvel. Scenes of civilians crowding around the camera. many are European, Liberation, Panorama of Nazareth WWI

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Australian troops entering Tiberias, following German direction to Damascus. HA shot of troops on horseback entering town. Old Tiberias from POV of the Sea of Galilee. Australian Light Horse along on horseback, artillery dragged by horses, Various scenes including Jewish & Arab civilians watching soldiers, street signs reading ÔDamascus' WWI

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Jist Benat Yakub, West of the Jordan. Scenes of Australian machine gunners in action, various scenes of soldiers on horseback with guns, VS horses fording/ wading across the River Jordan. Camels with cacolets (stretchers for wounded) wading across the River Jordan WWI

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Mayor of El Kunettra surrenders the town, scenes of crowds of civilians and the waving of a white flag. Arrival of General Hodgson commandeering the Australian Mounted Division to accept the Mayor of El Kumettra's surrender. MS of mayor holding a white flag. Australian soldiers (Light Horse) enter town amidst crowd scenes. WWI

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Sheriff Faizal (Son of King Hedjaz) arrives at the Hotel Victoria in Damascus to meet General Allenby. Scenes of general town activity, followed by the departure of Sherrif Faizal. Crowd scenes as he mounts horse and rides away surrounded by guards. Departure of General Allenby as he enters his car and drives away. Other cars follow. WWI

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Various scenes of Damascus, river canal, including a crowded street scene where civilians stare at the camera. Various scenes of Arabs riding on horseback with guns, civilians walking towards the camera and British soldiers riding on horseback towards the camera. Bedouins with German property, with families in horses and carts,being driven out of town , Arrival of the Sherrif of Mecca's Camel Corps to Damascus. Various scenes of Arabs on camels riding towards camera watched by civilians in town WWI

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