“WITH ALLENBY IN PALESTINE“ WORLD WAR I BRITISH DESERT ARMY CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT & PALESTINE 84754

This silent newsreel was released by Kodak as part of their Kodascope Library in 1927. The contents were shot by veteran journalist Lowell Thomas, who reported from Egypt during WWI and helped Lawrence of Arabia come to international acclaim. At 13:00 a title card proclaims that “Allenby’s army, made up of seventeen nationalities, marched from Egypt to Palestine.“ A view of the Black Watch is shown. At :33, the Australian Camel Corps. is shown. At :56 Gaza is bombarded by artillery and at 1:17, mortars. This is probably during the Third Battle of Gaza (31 October – 7 November 1917) in which Allenby won by surprising the defenders with an attack at Beersheba. At 1:28 Jaffa is shown after capture, and at 1:37 supply trucks advance on the road to Jerusalem from Jaffa. At 2:00 local women move water to aid the troops, horses and camels. At 2:27, the infantry is shown advancing up Nabi Samwill, the Turkish stronghold where Samuel was buried. At 2:53 the film proclaims that the “First Christian soldier on guard ov