Home Movie: W. H. Cooper Collection: 003908 (silent)

Description: A visit to the ruins of the Apadana Palace at Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, with observant photography of the sculptures, towers, inscriptions and friezes including a double-griffin protome, and with a visit to the tombs of the Achaemenid kings at Naqsh-e Rostam. Also with movements of freight and people by camel, goat, and donkey. Filmed by tourists from Arkansas.

note on container:
"PERSEPOLIS"

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Subjects: 1950s, Middle Eastern or North African history and culture, Architecture, Visual art, History, Tourism, Human-animal relationships

Tags: Persepolis; Apadana palace; carvings; friezes; inscriptions; plinth; carved images in stone walls; carved relief; sculptures; double gryphon; griffin; climbing ladders at ruins; herds of sheep; shepherds; herding sheep; Achaemenid tombs; Achaemenid empire; tombs of the kings; tourists; archeological sites; historical sites; Naqsh-e Rostam; camels moving freight; donkeys moving freight; beasts of burden; sheep; goats; touristic gaze; horses

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Creator: W. H. Cooper

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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 1958; circa 1960

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Geographical Location: Iran; Marvdasht, Iran; Fars, Iran

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 171