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Creator(s):
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief
Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 – ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 – 1985
Production Date: 1936
Sound Type: Silent
Scope
& Content: Reel 1, Gen. James G. Harbord views Constantinople from
the liner Martha Washington, inspects Turkish wheat fields, greets
Armenian priests, and visits a mosque. Vendors dispense goods in Andana,
Turkey. Natives wash clothes in the Sihon River. Mission members are
greeted by city officials and Arab leaders, and review parading Turkish
cavalry and infantry at Mardin. Shows the mission camp and native
caravans near the Devegechid River. The mission leaves the Kharput town
hall, pushes cars and trucks from sand near the Euphrates River, watches
Khurdish natives build a bridge, reviews Turkish troops in Sivas, and
visits a Red Cross orphanage, in Erzinjan. Reel 2, mission members
arrive in Ezeroum and view football games, Turkish wrestling, and native
dances. Armenian soldiers parade in Kars. Harbord meets Prime Minister
Khatassian and reviews troops at Erivan. The Armenian cabinet poses.
Shows Erivan street scenes with Mt. Ararat in the background. Mission
members board the Martha Washington at Trebizond, Turkey. The ship sails