Egypt and Cairo Scenes for AUC Promotional Film
Cairo Scenes (streets, barbers, café) and scenes from village (various methods of irrigations plowing) “Little Drive thru old streets”on Canister
- Holding institution:
- American University in Cairo
- Data provider:
- American University in Cairo
- Title:
- Egypt and Cairo Scenes for AUC Promotional Film
Cairo Scenes (streets, barbers, café) and scenes from village (various methods of irrigations plowing) “Little Drive thru old streets”on Canister - Date:
- 1920s-1930s
1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 - Description:
- Film, black and white with intertitle cards and without sound, depicting Cairo street scenes, commerce and trades, local leisure activities, and rural life and agricultural activities. 00:00:00-00:00:49 Captioned "Streets of Cairo." City gate, streets with human and animal-drawn carts, pedestrians, vendors; 00:00:50-00:01:01 "A Weaver at work."; 00:01:02-00:01:12 "Ironing - Egyptian Style." Shopkeeper pressing cloth using foot-iron; 00:01:12-00:01:12-00:01:25 "A Barber in Action." Shaving a man's head outdoors; 00:01:26-00:01:47 Snake charmer on street; 00:01:48-00:01:58 Men drumming outside possibly at moulid; 00:01:59-00:02:10 Street scenes with pedestrians and automobile; 00:02:11-00:02:18 Shopkeeper weighing merchandise on scale for female customer; 00:02:19-00:02:41 Street scenes with pedestrians, some carrying merchandise on heads; 00:02:42-00:03:12 Men playing dominoes and smoking shisha in ahwa cafe and street views; 00:03:13-00:04:12 "Scenes along the irrigation canals in the Date Forests of Marg, near Cairo," "An Egyptian family goes visiting." Men and children riding donkeys and camels, family on donkey cart; 00:04:13-00:04:47 "Irrigation in the Nile Delta is done by the Archimedes Screw." Farmers operating device at canal; 00:04:48-00:05:27 "Irrigating with a Shadoof" Farmers lifting water from canal to field; 00:05:27-00:06:11 Cow-driven sakia water wheel with children nearby; 00:06:11-00:06:50 "A primitive plow." Farmer with plow driven by two cows as truck passes in background; 00:06:51-00:07:07 "Sheep in the forests of Marg, near Cairo"
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Moving images
- Type (Narrower):
- Historical Videos
- Type (Broader):
- Video
- Subject:
- Egypt--Rural conditions
Agriculture -- Egypt
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Merchants -- Egypt - Coverage:
- Cairo; Egypt
- Rights:
- To inquire about permissions or reproductions, contact the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo at +20.2.2615.3676 or rbscl-ref@aucegypt.edu.
- Identifier:
- AH03
http://cdm15795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15795coll23/id/2 - Format:
- video/mp4