AUC Scenes and Cairo Scenes for AUC Promotional Film
"Cairo Scenes II (“Markets in Egypt”)” on Canister
- Holding institution:
- American University in Cairo
- Data provider:
- American University in Cairo
- Title:
- AUC Scenes and Cairo Scenes for AUC Promotional Film
"Cairo Scenes II (“Markets in Egypt”)” 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; - Description:
- Film, black and white with intertitle cards and without sound, depicting administrators and faculty and students on campus including a Commencement procession, classrooms and science laboratories, athletics, and buildings and facilities like Ewart Hall auditorium. Also shown are the Nile River and central Cairo, visits to tourist sites like the Sphinx and Giza Pyramids and mosques and other Islamic monuments. 00:00:00-00:00:23 Sphinx and Giza pyramids, tourists on camels; 00:00:24-00:00:37 Nile river with felucca; 00:00:38-00:00:57 View from Gezira Island of First Kasr El Nil Bridge and buildings across the Nile river including old Semiramis hotel and Garden City shoreline; 00:00:58-00:01:06 View facing north of southeast bank of Gezira Island with houseboats, first Kasr El Nil bridge, and buildings of downtown Cairo in distance; 00:01:07-00:01:46 Captioned "CAIRO Where a Great American Character-Making Institution Comes in Contact With the Life of the East." Birds-eye views of Cairo Cities of the Dead cemeteries and monuments; 00:01:47-00:01:55 Villas in farmland near Nile river; 00:01:56-00:02:03 American tourists on rooftop viewing neighborhood near Bab Zuwayla gate; 00:02:04 Mosque of Mohamed Ali at Citadel, Mamluk or Ottoman era palaces and buildings with mashribayya windows, Bab Zuwayla gate minarets; 00:00:00-00:03:05 Mosque attendant providing slippers to cover shoes of tourists; 00:03:05-00:03:21 "Dr. Howell, the American Minister." Standing with one European or American and two Egyptian men; 00:03:22-00:04:04 "In this picturesque country with so much in its past, and perhaps still more in its future, this important work of character building is going on." "Main College Building - Formerly a Pasha's Palace." Still images of campus and Main Palace Building from Kasr El Aini Street, Side of Main Palace Building viewed from north with athletic field; 00:04:05-00:04:36 "The 'Garden' - Now an Athletic Field." Views of campus with surrounding streets and buildings in background, with side-views of Main Palace Building, outbuildings, and gardeners; 00:04:37-00:06:19 Student athletic events including gymnastics, track races, bicycle riding tug-of-war, with spectators and band performance; 00:06:20-00:06:43 "Ewart Memorial Hall - the New College Auditorium"; 00:06:44-00:06:58 "Dr. R.S. McClenahan, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences."; 00:06:58-00:08:12 "Upper Classmen at work in the science department." Faculty member teaching laboratory class, students performing chemistry experiment in laboratory; 00:08:13-00:08:21 "A Lecture." Students seated in classroom; 00:08:22-00:08:36 "Another University department - The School of Oriental Studies." Still image of library with faculty and students; 00:08:37-00:09:30 "Leaving the Assembly Hall after daily chapel exercises. Dr. Watson President of the University and Dr. McClenahan followed by the teaching staff and students." Administrators include Wendell Cleland, Amir Boctor, others; 00:09:31-00:10:17 "Student Groups" Students on campus with Kasr El Aini Street in background in some scenes, with faculty, staff at outbuilding, and Asian student; 00:10:27-00:10:43 "Commencement Day." President Watson and Dean McClenahan and faculty and staff in procession from side entrance to Main Palace Building; 00:10:43-00:11:10 American flag being raised over Main Palace Building
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Moving images
- Type (Narrower):
- Historical Videos
- Type (Broader):
- Video
- Subject:
- Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)
American University in Cairo -- History
Citadel (Cairo, Egypt)
Nile River - 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:
- AH06
http://cdm15795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15795coll23/id/3 - Format:
- video/mp4