1940’s ISRAEL / PALESTINE AND THE HOLY LAND TRAVELOGUE FILM “ HISTORIC NAZARETH ” 86734 (1940)

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This short film from the 1940s takes viewers on a tour through the historic city of Nazareth. The New Testament describes Nazareth as the childhood home of Jesus and the area has become a center of Christian pilgrimage. It is presented by Films of the Nations (:08) and is narrated by Peter Allen (:29). The film was produced by Maurice T. Broen for D. P. M. Productions Inc. (:32). Between the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea lay Nazareth also known as the ‘Holy Land’ (:44). Palestine’s landscape consists of plateaus, plains, deserts and arid gardens (:54). Nazareth is located in Galilee (1:15) and the Galilee Sea is where the Gospel of Luke says that Jesus preached to fishermen (1:24). It is also the site where he was said to have performed other miracles such as walking on water. The ancient river of Jordan is shown next (1:38) which is sited in St. Matthew. Jesus was said to have spent his youth in a small town in lower Galilee (2:22). A span of the town in which tradition states Mary and Joseph were to have lived, follows (2:35). The city’s streets and market are dotted with locals walking through (3:22). The fountain of the Virgin Mary rests at the center of a crossroads in the eastern part of town (3:27). The fountain’s historical value has been authenticated and it was rebuilt in 1862 (3:38) though it still receives water from the same mountains it had almost 2,000 years ago. The brothers of the Franciscan Terra Sancta…

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12 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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