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Sorensen's 'Original Arab Lecture' is a film put together for his lectures on Arabian geography. Sorensen travels through Egypt, Israel, Iraq, and Jordan looking at different agricultural and social practices in each culture. Much that is seen is similar from place to place in that we see how important the camel is to sustaining life in the Middle East. Activities such as plowing, commuting, consuming, and racing are some of ways that camels are seen as most useful. A camel feast with 20,000 tribesmen for the wedding celebration of Prince Talal of Jordan is also a feature in this film. Other activities shown are group fishing, collecting water, war tactics, and sailing. Grayscale Silent
Authors
- Collection
- Clarence W. Sorensen Collection - Motion Picture Films Edna Schaus Sorensen and Clarence W. Sorensen Collection American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive
- Format
- Film reel Film: 16mm Safety film
- Pages
- 41:13
- Place Discussed
- Africa; Asia Middle East Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Iraq Palestine (historical region) Jerusalem (national district); Yerushalayim; Amman (governorate) Jerusalem; Yerushalayim; 'Ammān
- Provider
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Published in
- United States of America
- Reference
- 62; mpsr0024
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/dd3a9bbec0fc915dcafc833310081fae
