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A sheikh in a white turban telephones at his desk

Name: A sheikh in a white turban telephones at his desk
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:55:26.224Z
Duration: 20 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)
Description: Behind a wide desk laid with open registers, documents and an inlaid box, a man in a white turban wound round a red cap and in a dark robe holds a telephone receiver to his face, his other hand resting on the papers. According to the source this is Sheikh Dia al-Din al-Khatib, preacher at the Mosque of Omar, as the source calls it, and superintendent of the Muslim religious courts, in his office.

Behind a wide desk laid with open registers, documents and an inlaid box, a man in a white turban wound round a red cap and in a dark robe holds a telephone receiver to his face, his other hand resting on the papers. According to the source this is Sheikh Dia al-Din al-Khatib, preacher at the Mosque of Omar, as the source calls it, and superintendent of the Muslim religious courts, in his office.

Period: 1938
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE010436
Length: 0' 20"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 375,268,003 bytes

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