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| Film Id: | F16-0690 |
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| Film Description: | Edited travelogue with narrative titles Locations: Madeira Algiers Pompeii Palestine Cairo St. Helena Tristan Da Cuhna ShotlistEdited travelogue with titles, dated to the 1930sTitle: Madeira [Portugal] Scenes of.. Title: One of the oldest gardens in Madeira Lush foliage including towering flowered plants In front of the Golden Gate Restaurant Title: Algiers Window views A few shots of the city Title: In the Kasbah Marketplace scenes Children Title: By motor car Naples to Pompeii Vesuvius Pompeii Ruins at the site featuring columns, in the shadows of Vesuvius Title: House of Vecchi Frescos; detailed Title: Amalfi Populated coastline Title: Athens, Greece Title: Olympic Stadium Stadium attended by a guard in a traditional Greek costume Title: Acropolis Porch with caryatids Mrs Dixon [?] with a young Greek boy in traditional dress Title: Tower of the Winds Semi interior views Title: Palestine Title: By train to Jerusalem Landscape from train window, featuring olive groves Pan of city of Jerusalem Title: The Via Dolorosa Scenes of the street and city life All kinds of people in traditional dress Minaret of a mosque Church domes Palestinian ladies wearing traditional embroidered scarves and veils Rain, people walking Title: View of the Mount of Olives,[Jebel az-Zeitun] The River Jordan and the Dead Sea. Pan of distant Jerusalem, with Dome of the Rock [Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah] Title: The garden of Gethsememe Very old trees in a garden Sheep on a bridge Title: Bethlehem Syrian, Coptic and Palestinian women and men in traditional dress, city scenes Title: Cairo, Egypt Distant pan of landscape Title: The Citadel; Mohammed Ali Mosque Tilt shot down of mosque from top of minaret Lion fountains The bazaar Men playing backgammon Shop keepers Minaret Cairo street scenes Title: The Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza Scenes of Title: On the river Nile River shots as seen from a boat. Sailboats Banks of the Nile Title: Longwood; the Home of Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena Lenticular footage of buildings Donkeys Boat on the water Title: Tristan de Cunha Off the south coast of South Africa, an archipelago, very little footage. |
| Video Category: | Travelogue |
| Film Creator: | Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon |
| Topics: | Madeira, Portugal, Algiers, Algeria, Italy, Pompeii, Palestine, Jerusalem, Cairo, Egypt, St. Helena, Greece, Athens, Tristan Da Cunha, Touring, Tourism, Marketplaces, Mosques, Churches |
| Tags: | Algeria | Algiers | Athens | Cairo | Churches | Egypt | Greece | Italy | Jerusalem | Madeira | Marketplaces | Mosques | Palestine | Pompeii | Portugal | St. Helena | Tourism | Tristan Da Cunha |
| Rights: | All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. |
