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1941 IRAQ: British capture of Fort Rutbah
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2:05Now PlayingDate: 9th June 1941
Location: Fort Rutbah
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: First pictures of the Iraq Revolt. Britain captures Fort Rutbah.
IRAQ: Fort Rutbah:
British troops chatting to Arabs (not heard). Soldiers loading anti-aircraft gun. RAF plane in sky as Arabs watch fom desert. Explosions. Arab soldiers watching from behind fortification and aiming rifles from trenches. RAF armoured car below air escort along and taking over Fort. British soldier examining rebel weapons and personal belonging (indlucing trunk decorated with pictures of naked women). Refugees returning to fort. Major John Glubb (Later Lieutenant General Glubb) (Arab Legion) interviewing local residents. Soldiers lowering white flag from flagpole.
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