This film was recovered by Lobster Films, a Paris-based film preservation company.
It shows a bustling society, "much like that of Cairo, Damascus, or Beirut, in an Arab city much like any other."
"Palestine has 500,000 inhabitants, of whom 30,000 live in Jerusalem."
"A veiled woman, a Sunni Muslim, one of the majority."
"An orthodox Jew. He too turns away from the camera."
"The holy places of the three religions are scattered across a few hundred square meters."
A Jew reciting a prayer: "He is wearing a Turkish tarboush, and although he prays in Hebrew his everyday language is Arabic."
"Jews form half the population of Jerusalem, but in the country as a whole they make up less than 5% of the total. Christians account for 10% and Muslims 85%."
