Middle East 1933: Palestine

This 1933 silent travelogue, Middle East, shot in black-and-white 16mm, begins with a title card placing it in Bethlehem, Palestine, on July 23, 1933. Featuring Mrs. Levy in nearly every frame, it weaves through street scenes—peddlers, performers with a dancing bear, shepherds with goats—and religious landmarks like the Wailing Wall, Via Dolorosa, and Jesus’ Ascension site. Pans of Jerusalem, a war cemetery, Elisha’s Fountain, and Nazareth unfold, blending daily life with sacred history in a pre-war Middle Eastern tapestry of faith and bustle.