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WWII - 1941 Iraq Revolt - James Roosevelt visits

Reel Number: 220515-33

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1941

Country: Iraq,

Location: Habbaniya, Baghdad? Middle East

TC Begins: 08:36:26

TC Ends: 08:39:48

Duration: 00:03:22

Iraq revolt. James Roosevelt visits. (June 1941) Soldier stands next to sign “Royal Air Force Habbaniya” . Sign: “London 3287 miles - Baghdad 55 miles”. 08:36:34 Planes bomb city or plant. 08:36:52 Soldiers riding on small tank going at fast speed. Brick building damaged by fighting, two soldiers look out of hole. View of coas or across rivert w/ smoke & explosions along dike. 08:37:21 Troops on shore launch dinghy. Machine gunners laying on rocks aiming at targets w/ guns. Soldiers looking at destroyed cars on bridge or causeway. Destroyed, abandoned field guns. Deserted village. 08:37:51 Arab men in keffiyeh (head scarf) by destroyed charred cars / trucks Troops dig ? from soil amidst waters. MS w/ James Roosevelt & others talking. Rebuilding dike. 08:38:22 Iraqi ? soldiers w/ Abdul Kassim? stand in garden. 08:38:39 Black. 08:38:46 MS Generals, American & ?? in covered reviewing stand. 08:38:58 Concrete dock w/ men standing about, small fishing & sail boats. 08:39:06 Black. 08:39:10 Large single-stack freighter (Georgio?) anchored mountain shore w/ coastal city seen from water. Colonialism; British Empire; Imperialism; WWII; WW2; Jun41;

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