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The Seaforth Highlanders' Return to Cairo after the Fall of Omdurman and Khartoum

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In this brief film, Cairo becomes the stage for Lord Kitchener's celebrations after the fall of Khartoum. Possibly filmed by John 'Mad Jack' Benett-Stanford on behalf of the Warwick Trading Company, it is a forerunner of the military films that would shortly flood the screens of Great Britain with the outbreak of the Boer War. Benett-Stanford, an Etonian turned career serviceman, was on active service in the Sudan and doubled as a war correspondent. According to legend, he was shot while attempting to get a picture of the enemy. It seems, though, that even beside the showmen and chancers of the early film industry, 'Mad Jack' had a gift for exaggeration.

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Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL)

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In deze korte film wordt Caïro het toneel voor de vieringen van Lord Kitchener na de val van Khartoem. Mogelijk gefilmd door John 'Mad Jack' Benett-Stanford in opdracht van de Warwick Trading Company, is het een voorloper van de militaire films die binnenkort de schermen van Groot-Brittannië zouden overspoelen met het uitbreken van de Boerenoorlog. Benett-Stanford, een Etonian die beroepsmilitair werd, was in actieve dienst in Soedan en fungeerde als oorlogscorrespondent. Volgens de legende werd hij neergeschoten toen hij probeerde een foto van de vijand te maken. Het lijkt er echter op dat 'Mad Jack', naast de showmannen en kanshebbers van de vroege filmindustrie, een gave had voor overdrijven.

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