Cave Dwellers of Petra

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

594

Date Released

12 May 1966

Date recorded

15 Apr 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

678

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cave Dwellers of Petra
2. 2Twentieth Century Cavemen
3. 3Aerial Scooter

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: ‘The rose red city half as old as time’ of Biblical days. Here lived civilisation’s most sophisticated cavemen who carved a whole dynasty of palaces, temples from the rich red sandstone cliffs. Greeks, Romans and Crusaders left their marks here but now the great amphitheatre is a silent weathered monument facing across the Jordan desert.

Keywords

History and archaeology; Scenery and travel

Locations

Jordan

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

169

Story extras:

Film clip

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