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Holy Land - From Abraham To Allenby: Reel-9
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keywords: palestine, wwi, arab camel cavalry, city of jerusalem, zionist colony, geva colony, kibbutz, church of the holy sepulcher, holy fire ceremony
Synopsis: Effects of WWI in Palestine, military vehicles crossing the plains, Arab cavalry riding camels, Zionist colony life, Kibbutz, Holy Fire Ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Garden of Gethsemane....(read more)
- Date: 1940's
- Duration: 00:07:58
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Middle East, Palestine
























Holy Land - From Abraham To Allenby: Reel-9
The Great War, WWI, brought the Holy Land back into contemporary history. Allenby's WWI military vehicles moving across the plains from Gaza. Arab Calvary riding camels. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. Aerial view of Jerusalem in 1941. Shows typical Zionist house being built and typical Zionist in Jerusalem. Bus moves up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at beach in Tel Aviv. Jewish men and women dancing on the beach. British shows Arab farmer modern methods of farming. Arab boy in an educational class. Palestinian girls in dresses play basketball. Shows ex Mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center of group of Arab men.
Life of Jewish people in different Zionist colonies in Palestine. Aerial view of the Zionist (Jewish) colony Nahalal where every farmer has his own backyard. Farmer with cows in backyard. The family of a Jewish farmer seated around a table eating a meal. Farmer washing dishes, woman milking a cow. At the center of the Colony is a milk plant that does the selling of the milk for all of the farmers in the Colony. The farmers and their families provide all of the labor for the Co-op. Shows a communal colony or Kibbutz where the people live in temporary type shelters behind high walls due to the troubles with the Arabs. Shows the Jewish communal colony Geva where the standard of living is very high. Children in a nursery. Work is shared equally by men and women. Members of the Kibbutz planning communal work activities. Soldiers stand guard with guns. Shows the former Mufti of Jerusalem seated at a desk.
Shows the Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. People stampede in an effort to light a candle from the holy fire. Shows the Garden of Gethsemane.
Shot List:
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Arab Calvary riding camels WWI
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Aerial view of Jerusalem in 194
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Shows typical Zionist house being built and typical Zionist (Jews) in new section of Jerusalem
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Bus moves up Queen Mary Avenue in new section of Jerussalem
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Jewish residents at beach in Tel Aviv, Jewish men and women dancing on the beach
R9:00:02:09;14
Palestinian girls in dresses play basketball
R9:00:02:26;04
Shows ex Mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center of group of Arab men
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Aerial view of the Zionist (Jewish) colony Nahalal where every farmer has his own backyard
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Family of a Jewish farmer seated around a table eating a meal
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Woman milking a cow
R9:00:04:09;16
Shows a communal colony or Kibbutz behind high walls due to the troubles with the Arabs
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Shows the Jewish communal colony Geva
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Jewish Soldier stand guard at Jewish communal colony or Kibbutz
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Shows the former Mufti of Jerusalem seated at a desk
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Shows the Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
R9:00:07:44;15
Shows the Garden of Gethsemane