Home Movie: W. H. Cooper Collection: 003907 (silent)

Description: The architecture and mid-20th century streets and peoples of Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia are seen in this reel that offers a privileged perspective on Muslim and Sumerian sites of significance including the Arch of Ctesiphon before it was modified,the site of the ancient Sumerican city of Ur, the site of the Gardens of Babylon, and the Biblically significant Straight Street in Damascus among other destinations. With brief glimpses of everyday life among the people of those regions as it was at the time, created by tourists from Arkansas.

note on can:
"ME-1 (TARUT/IRAQ/SYRIA)"

sticker reads "Automatic Film Pick Up/ Scherer-Skokie, Ill"

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Subjects: 1950s, 1960s, Middle Eastern or North African history and culture, People of Middle Eastern or North African origin or descent, Tourism, Architecture, Religion, Agriculture

Tags: Saudi Arabia; Jubail; custom house; homemade titles; titles made with children's blocks; waterfront landscapes; shipping and receiving; beaches; camels resting on sand; deserts; boats in dry dock; man paddling; palm trees; people of Arab heritage; boy washing donkey in river; animal care; donkeys; beasts of burden; portraits; walking toward camera; Al-Tawiya Tower; Tarut Island; Nejma; filmed from boat; white donkey; people wear traditional clothing; suburbs in desert; Basra; waterfronts; kefiyeh; mosque; architecture; domes; minaret; gulls; date gardens; young boy poses for camera; date palm trees; date pollination; man climbing date palm; cutting open flowers; irrigation; agriculture; Ur (state); Sumerian ruins; city of Ur; swallows; martins; Ziggarat of Ur; Sumerian civilization; Baghdad; man posing for camera with cigarette; Babylon; frieze; animal figures in brick walls; Khazemein; mosques architecture; Imam al-Kazim & Imam al-Jawad Shrine; Ctesiphon; Iraq; Taq Kasra; Arch of Ctesiphon; Sasanian culture; Damascus street scenes; Syria; Syrian people; pedestrians; Omayyid Mosque; Umayyad Mosque; historic renovation; scaffolding; architectural renovation; Tomb of Saladin exteriors; Straight Street; Roman roads; Biblical history; locations mentioned in the Bible; touristic gaze; social class; travel and exploration;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: W. H. Cooper

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: W. H. Cooper Collection PC-0537, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1954; circa 1952; circa 1957; circa 1960

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Saudi Arabia; Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia; Iraq; Basrah, Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq; Syria; Damascus, Syria

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square, plus square, plus circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 401