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Street crossing with automobiles and donkeys, Jerusalem 1938

At a street crossing in Jerusalem, modern automobiles meet a donkey-drawn cart while pedestrians cross the road. The image captures the contrast between traditional transport and the growing use of motor vehicles in Jerusalem during the late British Mandate period. In 1938 the city's Jewish, Arab and other communities lived in close proximity, reflected in the shared use of the streets. Such everyday scenes often served newsreels as background footage for political coverage of Palestine.

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

Specifications

Clip name
HFE010732
Length
0' 10"
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Frames per Second
24 fps
Chroma Subsampling
yuv422p10le
Resolution
1920 × 1080
Format
MOV
File Size
234,333,148 bytes
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