REEL 1 Recollections of period as officer with 2nd Assyrian Bn Iraq Levies in Iraq, 1923-1925: background to secondment to Iraq Levies, 1922; journey from GB to Iraq; joining battalion at Mosul; escorting Assyrian families from Mosul to Kirkuk after clash with Muslims; necessity of learning Syriac to communicate with troops; origins of Assyrian's Nestorian Christianity; use of bible to learn Syriac; establishment of permanent camp at Kirkuk; operations against Kurdish Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji; unrest between Muslims and Assyrians at Kirkuk; airlift of reinforcements.
REEL 2 Continues: operations in support of advance of Royal Iraqi Army to attack Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji's Kurdish forces at Sulaimaniyah; establishment of base camp; support from Royal Air Force; lack of hill operations training amongst Iraqi Army; capture and garrisoning of Sulaimaniyah; picketing and scouting for Iraq Army near Persian border; Iraq Levies' cavalry expedition to Halabja; expeditions against Pizhder and Hamawand Kurds; Royal Air Force co-operation; purpose of 'showing the flag' marches.
REEL 3 Continues: origins of Assyrian Levies and their recruitment; method of training; need to keep individual tribes together in their companies; discipline; rations; British officers' accommodation; return to regiment after ankle injury; lack of major health problems; relations between Iraq Levies and Royal Iraqi Army; troops' recreational activities; provisions for troops' families; how Assyrian hopes for independence were disappointed by British.
Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004440