A portrait of Colonel T. E. Lawrence. Loading supplies and sheep onto SS Ozarda at Port Said, sailing to Jidda, and unloading. Several unconventional Bedouin horsemen from Prince Feisal's troops aggressively approach the camera. Lawrence and Feisal travel in a Ford Model T along a road, accompanied by Bedouin escorts. A fleet of Lawrence's armored vehicles travels along a desert route. Feisal is standing with his troops. Kodak released this silent newsreel as part of their Kodascope Library in 1927. The contents were filmed by experienced journalist Lowell Thomas, who covered events in Egypt during World War I and contributed to Lawrence of Arabia's rise to international fame.
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