IRAQ: British capture of Fort Rutbah (1941)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit British forces overcoming the Iraqi defence post of Fort Rutbah, occupied by Nazisympathiser Rashid Ali and his rebel followers. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: First pictures of the Iraq Revolt. Britain captures Fort Rutbah. IRAQ: Fort Rutbah: British troops chatting to Arabs (not heard). Soldiers loading antiaircraft 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. Background: British forces overcom