Can anyone identify this epic stock footage?

[Spiny Norman]

It's PROBABLY from a silent film, although some Italian postwar peplum hasn't been ruled out either.

It must be from some epic, although probably one without Romans. Egyptian/Babylonian/that sort of thing.

It's earlier than 1965 and it doesn't seem to be Ben-Hur (either one), Cleopatra 1912, Moon of Israel, or Intolerance.

EDIT. UNLESS IT'S BEEN DELIBERATELY CUT OFF, IT WOULD SEEM IT'S AT LEAST WIDESCREEN, SO I POST NEW VERSIONS OF THESE SCREENSHOTS:












OR EVEN WIDER:






ORIGINALLY FOUND AS:

[ClayKing]

Unless you've altered the images they are squeezed anamorphic, which implies something filmed wide-screen, so very unlikely from anything pre-fifties. There are several comprehensive peplum/sword & sandal movie sites on the web and one of those authorities might be able to identify the film.

[Spiny Norman]

Unless you've altered the images they are squeezed anamorphic, which implies something filmed wide-screen, so very unlikely from anything pre-fifties. There are several comprehensive peplum/sword & sandal movie sites on the web and one of those authorities might be able to identify the film.

Yes the logic is inescapable: it seems past 4:3, so it must be somewhere around 1950-1965. Perhaps a mod could move this thread to "talking about talkies"?

[Spiny Norman]

Unless you've altered the images they are squeezed anamorphic, which implies something filmed wide-screen, so very unlikely from anything pre-fifties.

For now let's go with that... although, it's POSSIBLE some silent feature had top and bottom cropped to give a more cinematic feel. This would fit the program that used them.

[Spiny Norman]

SOLVED!

Leone di Tebe (1964)