| Accession Number | F07026 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 10 min 5 sec |
| Object type | To be confirmed |
| Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
| Maker |
Dennett, Raymond Alexander |
| Place made | British Mandate of Palestine: Haifa, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Byblos, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Maameltein, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Tripoli |
| Date made | 19 December 1942-20 December 1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Opening of the Beirut-Tripoli railway
Description
The railway had been constructed by Australian Railway Construction and Maintenance Group. On the 20th December 1942, General Sir Harold R L G Alexander, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, Commander in Chief Middle East, opened the railway between Beirut and Tripoli at Dog River Gorge (Nahr-el-Kelb), Lebanon, thus completing the last link in the Cairo-London line. Other identified personnel M Alfred Naccahe, President of the Lebanon Republic; Major General Sir Edward Spears, KBE, CB, MC British Minister to the Republics of Syria and Lebanon. See also photographs 050076 to 050107 & RAE report in Official Records series AWM 52 item 5/34/2.
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Video of Opening of the Beirut-Tripoli railway (video)