Jordan 1969 Reel 45 of 65
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:30
| Film ID | F16-0388 |
| Film Description | Reel 45 of 65 Unedited travelogue Jarash
Passageway at orchestra level: note construction. Upper seats: note entrances to middle section. Guy rope hole in middle section seat. Seat. Forum and Street of Columns: view from Promenade level, showing extensive use of columns. Passageway from level of Promenade circle: note ceiling construction. Stage: view from Promenade circle (pan shot). Seats: view from Promenade circle: guy-rope holes, (pan shot). Forum, street of Columns. Artemis Temple (pan shot). Promenade circle: passage entrance on orchestra level (pan shot). Zeus Temple: side view. Forum columns with entablature (pan shot). Column and entablature: note knobs, used with rope to hoist drum into position, (pan shot). Columns in Forum. Street of Columns, looking north from Forum. A capital (mcu). Paving up Street of Columns: chariot grooves. Entablature. Columns with platform on side to hold end of an entablature at a different level. Entablature platform on column. Carved capital (100 mm). 4 pylons at intersection of Street of Columns with side street. Side street, pylons: note alcoves for statues. Side street: view looking toward modern Jerash. Side: view looking away from modern Jerash. Street of Columns: looking from Tetra Pylon toward North Gate. Street of Columns: view looking toward Forum: note shelf for statue. The Nymphaeum fountain beside Street of Columns: excellent carving. Man hole cover for drainage. (overexposed). Street of Columns: views looking south, then north from street leading to Artemis Temple. Side platform of Artemis temple, columns. Pillar, fallen column. Artemis Temple: side view, platform, pillars. Artemis temple: front view, pillars, interior. Base of pillars, cross section of wall. Two niches. Artemis temple: side view. Carved capital. Columns: partly buried. Row of columns on west side of Artemis temple. Two tombs or water cisterns. Two half buried columns geometric design. Mosaics in St. Cosmos and Damianus Church (Byzantine): animals, etc. Mosaics: trees, man with mustache. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Jordan, Jerash, Roman antiquities, Greek antiquities, Mosaics, Byzantine churches |
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