The Middle East
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Titles over muezzin calling worshippers to morning prayer from minaret of mosque. Shots of Muslims praying on prayer rugs in city, country.
18:15:45 Ancient ruins: Egypt, Jerusalem - Dome of the Rock.
18:16:22 Blue Mosque, Istanbul. Desert scenes, sand dunes, VO “today the Middle East is largely a barren land which nature seems to have foresaken”. Animated map of Middle / Near East w/ Muslim states - land & water routes - Suez Canal.
18:17:56 Street market / bazaar / souk w/ Arabs in robes & men wearing fez hats & turbans. INT store. Film then uses dubious device of showing three main types / classes of male Middle Easterner who all happen to be in shop - generalising many countries / cultures of Middle East into one generic area. VO says that one third of Middle East people are “peasants” who can’t afford to go inside a shop, but first man “Mustafa” is a better-off peasant; shows his home w/ camel, donkey, goat & chickens in yard. Mustafa’s wife w/ tray of unleavened bread. Village in desert w/ stone houses of peasant farmers - sheep grazing, three owned by Mustafa - peasants working in field. Fruit & Egyptian cotton harvested from irrigated farmland.
18:20:31 Map of Middle East showing rivers - VO re irrigation.
18:20:58 Bedouin “Ali” shown in same shop as Mustafa. Ali takes bus from town, then rides camel across desert to bedouin encampment.
18:21:59 INT tent. Sheep grazing. Bedouins striking camp to move to next waterhole - camel caravan. CU Ali acting as tracker or guide for caravan.
18:23:44 Merchant “Yussuf” in his store - represents city dwellers group, “growing middle class”. Street scenes - Yussuf arrives home - VO re Westernised lifestyle & higher level of education among this minority group - INT Yussuf at home reading newspaper, listens to radio, answers telephone.
18:25:03 Westerner in office on telephone. Oilfields - VO re political unrest & effect of oil money on region. Map of oil producing regions, imports & exports & manufacturing centres.
18:26:24 Unidentified university - male & female students out. Government health centre. New school under construction paid for by oil royalties. Old & modern irrigation projects. Man & boy weaving carpet on loom, modern factory. Man in fez at microphone - radio announcer. Modern port. Camel caravan w/ cutaway to modern transportation of bus & truck - airport. Ends w/ muezzin call at sunset.
Travelogues; Race; Ethnic; Islamic Religion; Moslem; Economics; Progress / Development; Technology;
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The Middle East Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Titles over muezzin calling worshippers to morning prayer from minaret of mosque. Shots of Muslims praying on prayer rugs in city, country. 18:15:45 Ancient ruins: Egypt, Jerusalem - Dome of the Rock. 18:16:22 Blue Mosque, Istanbul. Desert scenes, sand dunes, VO “today the Middle East is largely a barren land which nature seems to have foresaken”. Animated map of Middle / Near East w/ Muslim states - land & water routes - Suez Canal. 18:17:56 Street market / bazaar / souk w/ Arabs in robes & men wearing fez hats & turbans. INT store. Film then uses dubious device of showing three main types / classes of male Middle Easterner who all happen to be in shop - generalising many countries / cultures of Middle East into one generic area. VO says that one third of Middle East people are “peasants” who can’t afford to go inside a shop, but first man “Mustafa” is a better-off peasant; shows his home w/ camel, donkey, goat & chickens in yard. Mustafa’s wife w/ tray of unleavened bread. Village in desert w/ stone houses of peasant farmers - sheep grazing, three owned by Mustafa - peasants working in field. Fruit & Egyptian cotton harvested from irrigated farmland. 18:20:31 Map of Middle East showing rivers - VO re irrigation. 18:20:58 Bedouin “Ali” shown in same shop as Mustafa. Ali takes bus from town, then rides camel across desert to bedouin encampment. 18:21:59 INT tent. Sheep grazing. Bedouins striking camp to move to next waterhole - camel caravan. CU Ali acting as tracker or guide for caravan. 18:23:44 Merchant “Yussuf” in his store - represents city dwellers group, “growing middle class”. Street scenes - Yussuf arrives home - VO re Westernised lifestyle & higher level of education among this minority group - INT Yussuf at home reading newspaper, listens to radio, answers telephone. 18:25:03 Westerner in office on telephone. Oilfields - VO re political unrest & effect of oil money on region. Map of oil producing regions, imports & exports & manufacturing centres. 18:26:24 Unidentified university - male & female students out. Government health centre. New school under construction paid for by oil royalties. Old & modern irrigation projects. Man & boy weaving carpet on loom, modern factory. Man in fez at microphone - radio announcer. Modern port. Camel caravan w/ cutaway to modern transportation of bus & truck - airport. Ends w/ muezzin call at sunset. Travelogues; Race; Ethnic; Islamic Religion; Moslem; Economics; Progress / Development; Technology;