Europe, North Africa, Palestine (Reel No 1)(1930's)
Category: Travelogue
Length: 28:19
Film ID | F16-0690 |
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 |
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