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Documentary 7min

Piræus and Athens (Greece) (1904)

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Facts
Countries Greece United Kingdom
Language English
Titles
(Alternative) Piraeus and Athens (Greece)
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Distribution
Categories
Acropolis Actuality Film Ancient Greece Areopagus Athen Black and White Documentary Market People Short Silent Film Temple Travel
Description

Combining three parts of films by Urban Eclipse, all marked 1276 in the catalog, into one.

A Visit to Piraeus
The Corinth Canal.
Over three miles in length. First commenced by the Emperor Nero.
Piraeus, the Landing Stage.
The Port of Athens.
The Market Place.
Typical view of modern Grecian life.
The Great Harbor.
Formerly Porto Leone, full of Grecian, French, Italian, Russian and Austrian shipping.
Street Cafés.
A glimpse of the many street cafés of Piraeus.
The Market Square.
Showing the peculiar booths of a Grecian market.
Arrival of a Steamer.
The Grecian boatmen swarming up the sides before the anchor is dropped.
Hoisting Cattle on Steamer
Mooring Cattle on Barges.
Preparatory to shipping them to Constantinople.
Taking Cattle off to the Steamer.
Towing the laden barges through the harbor.
Hoisting the Cattle on Board.
The cattle being slung by legs and horns from the barges to the liner.
Athens and the Acropolis
Panoramic View from the Acropolis.
A fine view of modern Athens.
Mar's Hill.
Probable site of St. Paul preaching to the Athenians.
A View of the Acropolis from the Hill of the Muses.
Showing the Propylea, Parthenon, and Theater of Dionysus.
The Arch of Adrian.
Built by Adrian on the completion of the Olympieum.
The Olympieum.
A few of the original 104 columns of this Temple are seen.
Temple of Victory.
Originally built to commemorate three of the most celebrated Athenian victories.
The Propylaea.
Begun in 437 B.C. The entrance to the Acropolis.
The Erectheum.
With the famous caryatid Porch.
The Parthenon.
Three views of this beautiful Temple, built 454 B.C.
Mount Lycabettus.
Commanding a magnificent view of Athens.
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Cast
Unavailbale.
Crew
F. Ormiston-Smith - Cinematography