This two-minute video filmed by the Lumière brothers shows footage of the Jerusalem railroad, Jaffa Gate, the Temple Mount, the Wailing Wall, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The film was recently recovered and published by Lobster Films.
HT: Ted Weis
Related resources:
The American Colony and Eric Matson Collection
3 thoughts on “Video Footage in Palestine from 1896”
Video was invented later…this is Film or Cinema!
I guess I'll have to brush up on my moving picture terminology. I thought video was the counterpart to audio. Thanks for setting the record straight.
That's remarkable! Thanks for sharing this, Todd. After staring at the still photographs in the Historical Views collections for so long, it's amazing to see people from that time period moving around on film.