I came across some incredible footage the other day, recorded by the French film-pioneer duo the Lumiere Bros. in 1896. It shows Palestine under Ottoman rule, Jerusalem without checkpoints and the diverse, harmonious mix of religions that existed at that time. The film is largely known as 'Train Station in Jerusalem', for its depiction of both the city's steam train service and the mounting of a camera on the front of the train as it passed through historical downtown to the suburbs to the rural countryside. This is only a little excerpt, but the footage today is still really something.