This extraordinary, silent, black-and-white home movie from the 1930s chronicles a journey across the Mediterranean and Europe, starting in Egypt and Palestine, continuing in Italy and Scandinavia, and ending in the United Kingdom. The film features footage of important sites across Cairo, Jerusalem, Athens, Venice, the Netherlands, Stockholm, Oxford, and London.

Film opens, sailboat along Nile (0:08). Upper Egypt: Obelisk at Luxor Temple pylon, wall carvings, hieroglyphics, statue of Ramses II among columns of temple (0:13). Mosque of Muhammad Ali (1:08). Giza Necropolis/ Giza Pyramid Complex: Aerial view Great Sphinx of Giza, Bedouin camel riders, tourists climbing up pyramids (1:14). Hustle and bustle of what appears to be Palestinian market (3:02). Camera pans houses built into hillside, minaret of Ottoman-style mosque, men wait at door to get inside for prayer time (3:18). Row of cars wait along desolate road (4:08). Olive trees at olive grove, faint outline of Al-Aqsa Mosque seen in distance (4:18). Camera pans Jerusalem skyline (4:30). Interior of an Orthodox church (4:59). Christian Quarter: Via Dolorosa, domes of Church of the Holy Sepulchre (5:38). Al-Aqsa Mosque (Haram al-Sharif) (6:54). Jewish men pray along Western Wall (7:30). Bustling walkways, passages throughout walled city (7:55). Group of men float in Dead Sea (8:22). Judaean Mountains bordering Dead Sea (9:14). Goats craze along hillside, herd of sheep ushered along stone wall (10:01). Market area inside old city, Palestinian men stand beside camels (10:31). Church of Mary Magdalene (11:05). View of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem skyline in distance (11:09). Bedouin women walk along path, carry baskets on head (12:06). Palestinian men wearing traditional dress (turban, jubba) sit along wall, smoke water pipes (12:30). Athens, Greece: 1930s Greek Evzone soldier stands at entrance to Acropolis, various close-ups of Ionic columns, ruins, tourists sitting among old temples (13:39). Facade and North Colonnade of Parthenon Temple, Erechtheion, “Porch of the Maidens” (Caryatids) (15:26). Views of Athens from Acropolis (15:56). Odeon of Herodes Atticus (16:36). Another angle of Parthenon (16:45). Male dancers perform in front of crowd wearing traditional Greek dress, white tunic and vest (16:58). National Archaeological Museum of Athens sculpture collection: Hermes; Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros; Varvakeion Athena (18:11). Scenes of local people: Women spin yarn in front of house, vendor sits on steps with tray of bread (18:15). University of Athens (19:16). Venice, Italy: St. Mark’s Square, Courtyard of Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Tower of San Marco (19:36). Panoramic view of what appears to be Port of Gibraltar (21:21). Life of locals near port, businesses, livestock walking along streets, peddlers (22:16). Swan swims in pond of public garden (23:19). Small children play marbles, other games (24:41). Rugged nature in mountainous landscape: Small river flows among rocks, cabins and chalets, peddlers sell textiles and rugs, Barbary macaques monkeys scamper along rooftops (25:16). Aerial view perhaps Málaga’s Bullring (28:44). Panoramic view of Granada, Spain (29:50). The Alhambra Gardens in Andalusia: Lush greenery, fountains in Moorish style, sprinkler-lined walkway with topiaries (30:15). Alhambra: Interior with reflecting pool, Court of the Lions and fountain, close-up plaster work (31:00). Locals, hustle and bustle in Andalusia (32:26). Dockworkers along port in Dutch coastal town (33:14). Woman, children in traditional Dutch dress white bonnet cap, white skirt, clogs (33:44). Men dressed in all black, black hats loiter and lean on brick wall (34:18). Pairs of Dutch wooden clogs at front door of home (34:39). Young boys play on railroad tracks pose for camera, perhaps abandoned freight train (35:17). Perhaps Lockheed L-10 Electra makes landing (36:09). Scenes from around what appears to be Stockholm: Vasa ship, police officer, young boys playing in streets (36:52). Port of Stockholm (39:10). Hundreds of people try to push way off of docked passenger ship (40:12). Oxford University: Hertford College Bridge of Sighs, Radcliffe Library (40:29). English Tudor-style homes, buildings around town of Oxford (41:45). Perhaps Kensington Gardens (44:08). Silhouette perhaps Tower of London (45:47). Film ends (46:02).

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