WWII Middle East - Syria & French Major-General Bergeret, ca Feb41

WWII Middle East - Syria & French Major-General Bergeret, ca Feb41 Title: Syrie. MCU & CU of Major-General Bergeret & another Free French officer in plane; seen looking at map. MCU airplane control panel. CU pilot at control. LS plane interior. 02:20:03 View over Syrian city. 02:20:09 Twin-engined plane landing & PoV taxiing. Gen. Bergeret out of plane & greeted by French officer; honor guard. POV past Senegalese troops at attention; others. 02:20:35 POV from plane taxiing. Air shots of mountains & enormous ruined crusader (?) fortress on mountaintop. Plane motor; aerial of large city on river. Aerial of city in desert; other cities from air. View from ground of fortress city on hillside. Mosque & minarets. CU Arabs; LS of crowd of Arabs w/ mosque behind. 02:21:43 Plane taxiing; greeted by French; Arab soldier w/ raised sword. Gen. Bergeret greeted; honor guard on horseback. Troops reviewed. Planes lined up beside runway, troops march past. 02:22:17 Aerial over desert; large city, over large mosque or ?? Fortress on rocky peak. Walled desert town & huge roman ruins (Baalbek or Palmyra ?). Ground shots of columns & remaining lintels; arches. 02:23:05 French flag over garrison at Poste Astoin. French & Arab camel corps w/ rifles; riding past w/ unit flag & drums seen beyond plane. Feb41; 1941; WW2 Middle East; Colonialism; Air Force; Aviation;