With British Forces In Iraq (1941)

Title reads: “With the British Forces in Iraq“. Iraq. C/Us of sign: “Royal Air Force Habbaniya. London 3287 miles, Baghdad 55 miles.“ Various shots of British machine gun nests looking over Euphrates River. L/Ss from the ground of German bomber dropping its bombs on a dyke from a low altitude, we see the explosion. Various shots of Arab soldiers looking at burnt out wrecks of cars, the remains of a rebel supply column bombed by RAF aeroplanes. Various shots of Iraqi prisoners being put to work repairing bomb damaged dyke. Various C/Us of soldiers of Iraqi army. Various C/Us of the Regent of Iraq, Regent Emir Abdul Illah, with his loyal ministers. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 i