Camp life at Palestine Accession Number: F01007

Description

Palestine, general shots of troops in camp and on route march, camp area February 1940. Identified personnel are 2165414 (NX160) Major Hector McDonald Finnie AAMC, with portable dentist chair and drill rig setting up outside a tent; NX295 Captain Ethne Doris Swanson 2/1 Australian General Hospital, the fourth nurse issued with tent equipment and then walking towards camera and latter scene showing nurses reading facing left sitting in a chair; NX2 Brigadier Arthur Samuel Allen signing autograph book for nurses; NX 7591 Regimental Sergeant Major Donald Sanderson 2/2 Battalion purchasing oranges from local trader; VX9 Colonel George Alan Vasey, raising Australian flag; Sgt N Harris 6 Division Intelligence head and shoulder shot under a shower.

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Accession Number
F01007
Classification
Film
Object Type
Actuality footage
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: PMP
Format: 35mm
Sound: silent
Measurement
Footage: 944 ft
Projection speed: 24 fps
Date Made
February 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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