https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/6065cdf0-4da3-4de6-83c7-48e0cd8bd360 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com The historic educational distributor Encyclopedia Britannica (:11) delivers a holy travelogue to the city of Jerusalem. "The Holy City" tours historic religious sites including the Garden of Gethsemane, the House of Caiaphas and the Omar Mosque among others. Viewers get a quick glimpse at the architecture and culture of Jerusalem in the early 1950s. EB films; also known as ERPI classroom films was a major producer and distributor of educational 16mm films and later educational VHS cassettes. This feature is a re-edit of the 1938 'Worlds Windows' short about Jerusalem. It was produced by F.W. and E.G. Keller (:29). A note explains the Holy City (:44). Jerusalem is home to three major religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam making it a site for great religious patronage as well as conflict. Jerusalem is situated between the Mediterranean and Dead Sea. Clay pots fill the screen (:57). The camera view pans up (1:08) the stone face of the Kamerlengo (1:08). A brief history explains the city’s capture by David the Israelite (1:26) and various incidences of destruction and rebirth. The city is home to about 40 centuries of history springing from the Stone Age.  Doors to the old city split open (1:50). Natives (1:58) push through narrow alleyways. Wooden doors open for the garden (2:05). The House of Caiaphas is also known as the church of St. Peter (2:23). Trees blossom in the Garden of Gethsemane (2:45). The Mount of Olives (2:52) passes before the pillars of Gethsemane (3:08). Paintings depict the night before the crucifixion (3:11). Crosses top the domes of the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem (3:44). Members of the Holy Order pass through monastery grounds (4:07). Women cart water jugs to the well (4:44). Monks pass through sunny sand streets of the Via Dolorosa (5:06). Black gowned Armenian priests cart gold crosses (5:41) passing a church erected by Constantine (5:55); the Holy Sepulcher. The view runs over the ancient church's grounds erected in 326 AD.  Bells swing in the tower (6:22). High rise shots follow of the city of Jerusalem (6:28). Patterns cover century old walls (6:45). A crack runs down the Pillar of Holy Fire (7:53). Worshippers stand near the Holy Sepulcher Stone of Unction (7:08). The camera pans over Sanskrit writing etched into tombs (7:16). Sacred tombs cover grassy slopes (7:20). Worshipers bend palms and foreheads into stone (7:52). Another flips through a hand held bible (8:10). The pretty blue tiled Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem follows (8:42). A view runs over the al-Ghawanima minaret of the Al-Aqsa mosque (8:52) through grounds once hosting Solomon’s Temple (8:55) for the Dome of the Rock (9:01). The film concludes with this structure; the pillars are highlighted (9:09). Mosaic patterns cover the shrine (9:14). An Arabic description sits at the peak (9:24). The dome was erected 691. It encompasses the three faiths; three religions and three languages which make up the city of Jerusalem (9:43). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSexCGKZXfM Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:19:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/6065cdf0-4da3-4de6-83c7-48e0cd8bd360 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.