Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarks:
- 1. Material was received from Dawson City in 2 shipments - 506 reels in 1978 and 26 reels in 1980. Of these 389 reels, primarily of American fiction, were transferred to Library of Congress for conversion. Reference copies of some of these reels were returned to NFTSA.
Accession number:
1979-0191
Title:
[Elephant Racing at Perek, From Portofino to Nervi, In and Around Jerusalem]
Original title:
[Pasquali and Company Newsreel]
Description:
- Stories on: Elephant racing at Perek; an Eastern Riviera; and in and around Jerusalem. Locations in Italy include Nervi and Portofino. The "In and Around Jerusalem" section includes the following shots: Jerusalem: Street and Market Scenes; quaint pictures. Bethlehem: Women at the Well. Ruins of Ba'albec, with camels and attendants passing. [Damascus], A Muezzin, calling the Faithful to Prayer. Street scenes in Damascus; the poor quarter. Farmers bringing Corn to Market; curious methods. Kourde [i.e., Kurdish] Shepherd driving his sheep to slaughter. Market in the Oasis; a grove of giant palm trees. Bedouins selling their Camels
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Copyright Status:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions on Consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Donor Restrictions:
Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.
Notes:
- 1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 2. Most likley a compilation reel created by the local exhibitor to create a "Around The World" Travelogue.
- 3. The Italian footage maybe be taken from the 1909 film "From Portofino to Nervi"
- 4. The Elephant footage is from the film "Course d'élephants à Perak" by Pathé
from 1911
- 5. The "In and Around Jerusalem" section is from the Charles Urban film A Trip Through Palestine from 1907.
