3-023-004 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Scene from the Feature Film 'The White Sheik'. Two Actors Portraying Soldiers Facing Each Other in a Duel With Pistols in Their Hands, 1920s. 'War in the desert, with all its attendant evils of primitive cruelty, thirst and intrigue, brother against brother, friend against friend...but in spite of the Rifs, it was pleasant on location under the hot sun in Africa'. The White Sheik (1928), also known as King's Mate, was a British silent adventure film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas and Warwick Ward. From "Time To Remember - Came the Dawn", 1925 (Reel 1); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.