AWM 008675

Crowds gather around a band playing instruments on the street

Photographer George silk captures Australian troops celebrating victory in the streets of Beirut, July 1941. Roy Harle, who participated in a victory march through the streets, recalls thousands of people 'giving you a cheer and a wave', and that with the band playing 'you felt pretty good'. (AWM 008675)

Source
AWM 008675
Place made
Beirut, Lebanon
Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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