A Thousand Years before Christ

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1819
Date Released
13 Apr 1964
Date Other
Mar 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thousand Years Before Christ. DESCRIPTION: Today, we call it Luxor, but a thousand years before the birth of Christ, it was the great city of Thebes. The jewel of its greatness was Karnak, the largest temple in the land. Two 70 foot statues of Rameses guard the Temple of Luxor, two miles away, one of the most fantastic buildings ever conceived. Linking these two - the fabulous Avenue of the Sphinxes, discovered at last beneath three thousand years of dirt and debris. This great processional route is lined either side by about 400 of them, each with the body of a lion and the head of a King. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU map of Egypt zoom into detail of map. GV Temple of Karnak. LS same. CU front of pillars. LAS top of pillars. LAS same. CU inscription on same. MLS statues of Rameses at entrance of Temple of Luxor. CU pillars surrounding temple. GV pan along work in progress on sphinxes. CU same. GV Avenue of the Sphinxes. MCU uncovering sphinx’s head. CU same. GV working on sphinx’s head. CU inscription at base of sphinx. CU same. CU sphinx’s head. GV same.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; History and archaeology
Locations
Egypt; Luxor
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
88089
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
132
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Thousand Years before Christ', British Movietone News Issue No. 1819, 13 Apr 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25502 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)