T.E. Lawrence - Footage

[gmurphygmcs]

Thankyou for sharing this information. I have become enfused by the film I purchased recently. I believe he was used by God to assist the 'Arab' nation. Very interesting

[LadyPersnickety]

He's my semi distant cousin no joke

[Marilynn33]

This is brilliant! I came to YouTube to see if there was any footage of T.E. Lawrence after reading about Lowell Thomas' travelogue in _HERO_, Michael Korda's biography of T.E.L. I thought there might be some footage still around. This is fabulous and I love the (slightly cheesy) music. I think the undergraduate prankster side of T.E.L. would appreciate both your work and the score. Can you imagine what a different world it would be if T.E.L's MidEast had come to pass?

[cannon8800]

Thumbs up if uncharted 3 brought you here!

[dcruz453]

@cannon8800 It did, but asking for thumbs up is stupid.

[cannon8800]

@dcruz453 It's a lot easier to click a button than to write an entire sentence stating that you came here because of a game. And besides, why get all worked up because of me asking for thumbs up? It's not like I'm getting money from it.

[dcruz453]

@cannon8800 The effort of typing out sentences isn't a significant figure. However, the collective effort to get a comment to the highest rated comments list is.

[cannon8800]

@dcruz453 It's no effort at all when your goal isn't to get to the top.

[dcruz453]

@cannon8800 Your logical fallacies do not amuse me, good day to you, sir.

[cannon8800]

@dcruz453 And I find it sick when people like you try to act more intelligent by using "big" words to confuse people. I don't know where you were trying to get to but it didn't work with me, sorry.

[thesplashofclass]

"All men dream - but not equally those who dream at night, in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity... But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible, This i did." T.E Lawrence 'Lawrence of Arabia'

[edshu33]

He's the most badass short guy who ever lived.

[IceCantata]

1:20... it's so T.E. ^^ Remarkable man, I've read everything by and about him. Watching this video is a true privilege. Thank you so much.

[bircottage]

Excellent video. Thanks for taking the trouble to compile it.

[bircottage]

excellent video. Thanks for taking the trouble to compile it!

[pedroca2424]

I ordered Seven Pillars of Wisdom at Christmas. Can't wait to read it.

[TheHauptsturmfuhrer]

The thing that truly made Lawrence unique to me is ,he is the only person I have ever read about in history who actually really wanted LESS.He says as much in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom; and certainly proves it by refusing to accept Knighthood,possibly a cabinet position,and probably advancement to being a General;and the public think it may be because he was "believed" gay,which all that really knew him deny completely.I've read his book twice now,and still find it intriguing each time I do.

[MetallicBill]

The whole side of his writing exploits maybe lost to those who are just cinema lovers like me, I only read Stephen King, but I love the movie! Oh, I should admit to liking Elmore Leonard's books as well, few that I read! The likeness between the two was shown in publicity photos of the time, that of TEL and POT! haha

[dengler11]

@MetallicBill ..lol..Any writer that can hold someones interest..I call great.

Leonard is worthy of praise in my book.

[MetallicBill]

@dengler11 Write, I started watching the Lean film again, then I took a break for other projects, but the music is alluring. RE: Elmore Leonard, I read the book Glitz then saw the TV movie with Jimmy Smits and felt it a disappointment, but 52 Pickup was fun!

[backto1960]

@MetallicBill Only reading Stephen King is not something to be proud about

[MetallicBill]

@backto1960 Sez You, King is good or he simply would not sell books year after year. Another movie based on a King novel is coming to the big screen, I heard about it months ago

[terryballard]

Self-indulgent, indeed! What a spectacular job you have done here. I'm reading the new bio of TEL by Michael Korda. When you see the smiling and joking Lawrence walking behind Allenby at Jerusalem, it's hard to believe that he had been tortured and raped at Deraa a week before. Thanks so much for putting this up.

[dengler11]

@terryballard You're extremely kind... and I am extremely glad you enjoyed it.

[Wolfen443]

@terryballard, hew was one of a kind warrior. Today, we needed someone like him but modern politics could never allow someone like him to rise to prominence.

[johnsammyanfal]

Homosexuals often carried the flag of Empire. Serene outsiders who resisted the allure of blissful domesticity and chose the protracted adolescence of boyish adventure and narcissistic posturing. However, their lives tended to be characterised by the strained asceticism of cold baths and celibacy, rather than the indulgent hedonism of contemporary gay culture. Lawrence is a case in point. His life embodies for many men the supreme ideal of heroism – which leaves most women strangely cold.

[Vladislav101]

@johnsammyanfal I'd just like to point out, that no historical source has ever confirmed Lawrence as gay. Certainly, he had a tolerant viw of homosexuality, ahere were things like his friendship with Dahoum that may have pointed in that direction. But then again, may have been completely innocent. Its just one of those things we'll never really know for sure. Personally, I think Lawrence was one of 2 things: straight but not interested in sex, or he was simply deeply closeted.

[SansFoy88]

@johnsammyanfal Well said. I think that Lawrence constantly sought to distract himself from an intolerant social environment.

[Rowland108]

So this is where that actor Hugh Grant got the idea of his "tousled hair" style

[TheHauptsturmfuhrer]

Very strange how the homosexuals seem to be trying to high jack T.E.L based on complete fiction,when the real people that knew him say it's all lies, & with all that is known, and all the letters her wrote,no love letters seem to appear in the bunch.My guess is what he wrote in the beginning of Seven Pillars,which has apparently been very misinterpreted into some kind of gay context to suite todays agenda.This seems unfair toward someone who would seem to certainly desreve better treatment.

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

It's been a long time since I've seen this movie. I know this song is in it, but is it this rendition? If not, please tell me where you got it. It's fookin' awesome.

[dengler11]

@ThatsMrMoronToYou No it's not the same..This was performed an American duo called Ferrante & Teicher..

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

@dengler11 Thanks, buddy.

[MetallicBill]

@dengler11 Kinda reminds one of Chariots of Fire popular soundtrack by Vangelis

[TheHauptsturmfuhrer]

By American standards T.E.L seems to be a cross between Matt Dillon(Gunsmoke) and Audy Murphy(Most decorated soldier in WWII)-part fact and part fiction.Wasn't it Lowell Thomas that actually made him known?What part (%) would be truth and what media hype,that's the real question here.Like Audy Murphy-T.E.L certainly didn't look the heroic type,but like Matt Dillon-no one really cares where the myth leaves off and the truth begins either.Thanks for publishing these films,I enjoyed them very much

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

Great music. Interesting post. Thanks!

[propellermann312]

... his eye-twinkle at 2.29 is the best! ;)

[zPencilPirate]

Very cool. As one of the many people fascinated by T.E. Lawrence, I thank you for posting this. <3

[zthetha]

Prince Feisel doesn't look half as regal as Alec Guinness did in 'Lawrence' - looks more like Groucho!

[urbanora]

Well done for having tracked down some elusive clips. Can you give the sources of the 1919 (Versailles) and boat (1931?) clips i.e. the name of the newsreel or other documentary source from which you found them?

[johnsammyanfal]

The source of the cult of self-publicist TE Lawrence – cinematography. Most of the real spade work in the Middle East campaign was done by Allenby’s regulars. An intermittent number of just 6,000 Bedouins harassed Turkish lines. Their motivation – looting and lucre, rather than romanticised Arab nationalism. Lawrence was really the dynamite man and Janus faced go between. His claims about his legendary deep penetration desert warfare tactics are in the main exaggerations or perverted lies.

[dengler11]

@johnsammyanfal ..lol..Well it's a point of view..all be it one that the Arabs..and indeed..all men.. who served with Lawrence would (and have)..vocaly disputed. Don't you find it odd that H.M. Governement would choose to elevate the ragtag leader of thugs and lovers of booty to such status without just cause at Empires end? For myself I am content with the analysis of events.

[thepixieful]

@johnsammyanfal the stunning thing, and I knew a prof who knew TE and "everybody" in that era, was the line in the fiction "it's not minding" Lawrence was the strange duck depicted. did not mind roughing it. a bit cold, but great writer. and true adventurer. you might also like Richard Spence's book Secret Agent 666 about A.E. Crowley....yes that guy. great true book recently published. very few rugged individualists these days.

[MetallicBill]

@thepixieful All I know of Aliester Crowley I got from singer Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Jimmy Page. Interesting though, none the less

[Zipo6691]

An amazing man, He alone almost achieved more in his theatre of war as a junior officer than any tin pot general did in the course of the Great war on the western front. alone. His influence and success changed the thinking of the British Army officer training for years to come. Unfortunately and sadly his influence and thinking of how Palestine should be governed could not convince the British and French Governments at Versailles, or the Middle East may of had peace today.

[llandudnoboy]

Certainly a complex man whose ability as a linguist fluent in Arabic and several other languages.

He was an obvious choice to send to Arabia to judge the situation for the Government.

How he manipulated the situation with Prince Feisals assistance to rid Arabia of the Turkish mennace was stuff of genius and legend.

Maybe he was in the right place at the right time but the capture of Akaba was awe inspiring.

[Catracks3]

Great footage. I'm starting to catalog a bibliographic library of T.E. Lawrence and I'm getting to know the man. We have some of his books from Cloud Hill.

[drewboo]

Fantastic. thanks for posting

[pluggit]

Great to see Feisal too - just read Seven Pillars of Wisdom and it's wonderful to see the great leader.

[Lobsterdom]

This is terrific- I have always wanted to see original footage of the amazing man himself, and here it is presented! Thank you for sharing this. I have often seen extracts of With Allenby In Jerusalem, and looked in vain, knowing he appeared in it: Shown here, it's very clear!!

[martintierney100]

Great video of a great man, they don´t make them like him anymore

[carcano38]

dengler11, thank's for the video. I can imagine it took many days and just as many hours to put this together.

[dengler11]

lol..Thanks for the kind words mate,,but it really didn't. The hard part was finding the clips..Once found..I merely put them together and put some music over the top..as ineptly as is possible for a YOUTUBE poster to achieve..

[zthetha]

I understand TEL worked on developing air sea resue vessels at Bridlington in Yorkshire. Does anyone recognise the coastline in this footage?

[dengler11]

I don't recognize the coastline..But I know the sea trials for the 200 were carried out at RAF Mounbatten in Plymouth by TEL..

[dengler11]

btw,,If anyone can find use of the vid posted..Please feel free to take it,,and use it as you please..I very much look forward to watching this material in worthy hands..

[dengler11]

The music was by an American duo called Ferrante & Teicher..

And yes..At 5' 5"..he was below average height..

[poussecafe3]

He was not very tall.

[century300]

Where's the music from? I have the soundtrack but it does not have this track????

[buikdans]

Thanks for this. I completely understand why you made this.

[farahkhan100]

Thanks for posting it.

[Miriel77]

Замечательный ролик!

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[dengler11]

Спасибо мой друг..