Down to Damascus
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.71
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962
label: Collection Creator
content: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 317 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film is a theatrical travelogue produced for "Around the World in Sound and Picture on the Magic Carpet of Movietone." Film documents various scenes of Damascus; including street and market scenes with vendors, horses and camels. The film also includes scenes in the desert with a sheik, shows brass work of the Syrians, a sword dance by men during a holiday, and the Syrian army training in the desert.

Legacy Keywords: Military training Asia ; Ponies ; Camels as carriers ; Markets Syria ; Street scenes ; Deserts ; Dance ; Artisans Syria