REEL 1 Recollections of period as officer with 2nd Assyrian Bn, Iraq Levies in Iraq, 1929-1931: pattern of military career prior to joining Iraq Levies, 1929; reasons for joining Iraq Levies, 1929; conditions of service in Iraq; entry requirements; preparations for posting; journey to Baghdad; posting to 2nd Assyrian Bn at Sulamaniyah; necessity of bridge playing; conditions in Sulaymaniyah; reception on arrival; composition of battalion; Assyrian officer ranks and their limited promotion prospects.
REEL 2 Continues: patrols in hills during Kurdish rebellion; award of Iraq Active Service Medal; tension in area prior to rebellion; surveillance of Mustafa Barzani; character of Assyrian troops; daily routine; recreational activities; servants; health and contracting sandfly fever; anti-rabies injections; duties as adjutant; guard duties as Baghdad Legation; disbandment of Iraq Levies cavalry and artillery prior to his arrival; weapons and equipment; use of Syriac language.
REEL 3 Continues: Recollections of period as officer with Sudan Defence Force in Sudan, 1936-1937: reasons for joining Sudan Defence Force, 1936; selection procedure; reasons for posting to Shendi Horse; preparations for posting; journey from GB to Shendi, Sudan; composition of regiment; initial impressions of Shendi; role of Shendi Horse; character of Sudanese troops; limited ranks open to Sudanese officers; quality of Sudanese troops; background to posting as intelligence officer to headquarters in Khartoum; sources of intelligence and covert visit to Abyssinia; story of escorting Italian Duke of Aosta after his capture, 1941; wireless message interception; scale of Italian threat; counter measures and precautions taken against Italian threat; recreational activities at Shendi.
REEL 4 Continues: limited access to radio; use of Arabic language; social contacts with British units at Khartoum; size of Sudan Defence Force detachment in Khartoum.
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004367