Corn Festival In Palestine (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. The old biblical custom of taking a sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest to the priest was upheld in altered form by a Jewish settlement in Palestine when the first ears of corn were ransomed and the proceeds given to charity. Various shots procession of girls, children, and men carrying sickles moving through the fields. Various shots as people walk about. MS band playing. Various shots people walking along. Various shots girls in biblical costume dancing in fields. Various shots of spectators standing around. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Param