THE NEBI-NUSA FESTIVALS : scenes and incidents en route [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE NEBI-NUSA FESTIVALS : scenes and incidents en route [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 45
  • Other titles: THE NEBI-MUSA FESTIVALS : scenes and incidents en route [Alternative Title] THE NABI-MUSA FESTIVALS : scenes and incidents en route [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Scenes of the Nebi-Nusa festivals, the arrival of the Zionist Commission, and the Grand Mosque of Omar, all in Jerusalem, April 1918.
  • Description: I. The Nebi-Nusa festivals of 26 April. Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem, helps assemble the sacred banners, and they are taken in a procession, which includes some Arab soldiers, to the Mount of Olives with much dancing and singing. II. The arrival of the Zionist Commission, headed by Dr Chaim Weizmann, in Jerusalem on 3 April. The commission includes Major E A de Rothschild. On 11 April they go in procession to the Mount of Olives to deliver speeches, accompanied by members of the Maccabi Athletic Association and the banners of various Jewish workers' associations. The West Wall (or Wailing Wall) of the Temple of Solomon is also shown. III. The Great Mosque of Omar, guarded by 58th (Vaughan's) Rifles. Soldiers of Egyptian 1st Infantry Regiment, headed by a band including bagpipers, marches to the mosque. The Egyptians remove their boots before entering the mosque. Lieutenant-Colonel Storrs converses with the officers of the battalion while they wait.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 45)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1919
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Jury's Imperial Pictures (Production company) Jury, William F (Production individual) Jeapes, Harold (Production individual) Thomas, Lowell18921981American writer and broadcaster (Production individual) Chase, H A (Production individual) Hurley, Frank1885-10-151962-01-16Australian photographer (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Storrs, Ronald Henry Amherst (person) Weizmann, Chaim Azriel (person) Rothschild, E A de (person) Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) (regiment/service) Egyptian Army & Infantry Regt 1 (regiment/service) Zionist organisation & International Zionist Commission (regiment/service) Zionist organisation & Maccabi Athletic Association (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: administration, British - occupation (object name) delegations, Zionist - political (object name) ceremonies, Palestinian - event-related: Nebi-Nusa (object name) religion, Islam - military, Egyptian (object name) equipment, Egyptian - personal: bagpipes (object name) buildings, Palestinian - religious: mosque (object name) celebrations, Palestinian - popular: Nebi-Nusa (object name) society, Palestinian - ethnic (object name) 01/3(569) (event) Turkey & Jerusalem, Palestine <Mosque of Omar & Temple of Solomon, West Wall & Mount of Olives> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1122 ft; Running time: 20 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: this appears to be one of the post-war compilations made by Jury from official material as part of his reward for controlling wartime film production. It may, however, be an official film sponsored by the MoI before the end of 1918. Summary: see also IWM 19 and IWM 27 which contain most of the rough material for this film. Remarks: A good example of the difference that editing can make to sometimes indifferent material. Also of considerable historical value. Series continuity: there is no film held under the numbers IWM 46 - IWM 57 inclusive. Title: Spelling of NEBI-NUSA replicates the original titling on the film, which is incorrect. Correct spelling of NEBI-MUSA or NABI-MUSA have therefore been added as Alternative Titles.
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