Copied from 1930 Soviet-era film documentary, called "El Yemen", filmed in 1929 by the Soviet film director Vladimir Adolfovich Shneyderova (1900—1973), a film which was later copied by the Government of Israel and now in Public Domain

This work was created or ordered by the State of Israel, and is in the public domain because it satisfies one of the conditions stipulated in Israel's copyright statute from 2007 (translation) regarding the State's copyrights: It is a statute, regulation, Knesset protocol or court decision and therefore ineligible for copyright protection according to §6 of the 2007 statute; OR It was created more than 50 years ago (i.e. before 1 January 1974), and the State's copyright has therefore expired according to §§42–43 of the 2007 statute PROVIDING THAT The State of Israel was the first owner of copyrights on this work; AND The State did not waive its copyrights in a special contract with the author when this work was created.  See also category: PD Israel & British Mandate. English ∙ русский ∙ 中文 ∙ हिन्दी ∙ עברית ∙ العربية ∙ +/−

1. 1. If the copyrights are owned by the State, not acquired from a private person, and there is no special agreement between the State and the author — on 1 January of the 51st year after the creation of the work (paragraphs 36 and 42 in the 2007 statute).