Oct 22, 2018

Nov 1929 - Street Scenes in Jerusalem (real sound) (video)

Perhaps the earliest sound footage of Jerusalem filmed from November 9-19, 1929. These scenes were taken with early Movietone sound cameras. This footage is very raw but it captures all sorts of city atmosphere. In the first section they seem to be documenting landmarks in Jerusalem for English and French audiences. As always the casual passerbys are the real star of the show. Condensed/worked on footage and sound






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