MYSTIC EGYPT

Series: Wonders of the world series

Duration: 15min

Year Published: 1934

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Silent

Description: We leave the steamer for a train trip. Strange Egyptian scenes roll by. Then Cairo, water wheels as buffalo power, camel transport and flat fertile fields. Then Cairo. We visit the Citadel and Mosque of Mohammed Ali. A camel jaunt to the pyramids and sphinx and its Colossus of Rameses II. Cafe life, a sugar soda fountain, and general East of Suez sails our ship to Djiboutil. Dark-skinned boys dive for coins, street handicrafts here include hand weaving, machine sewing and barbering. A great market specializes in firewood. Irrigation farming and a most simple goat dairy. War dances

Complete Record: Series: Wonders of the world series Dewey number: 916.2 Audience level: el-jh-sh Format/cost: 16-si-$20; rent $3. Also color-$50; rent $3 Distributors / rental: Indiana University $1.20; Ohio Department of Education; University of Kentucky $1.50; University of Wisconsin $1.25

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946